Afghan Women
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Afghanistan’s Taliban order women to wear burqa in public
Kabul: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and was bound…
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Taliban behead member of Afghan women’s volleyball team
New Delhi: Mahjubin Hakimi, a member of the Afghan women’s national volleyball team who played in the youth age group, was beheaded by the Taliban in Kabul. In an interview with the Persian…
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UN official: Taliban to announce secondary school for girls
United Nations: A senior UN official has said that the Taliban told him they will announce very soon that all Afghan girls will be allowed to attend secondary schools. UNICEF Deputy Executive…
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Afghan women across globe wear traditional clothes to defy restrictions put by Taliban
Kabul: Several Afghan women living abroad put up pictures on social media of their wearing traditional Afghan dresses in defiance of the Taliban diktat for black women’s attire. The Afghan women living…
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What does return of Taliban mean for Afghan’s women and girls?
As the Taliban gained the control of Afghanistan on August 15, women fear that their worst nightmares might come true. Afghan women worry that the gains made by them in the country…
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Armed Afghan women take to the streets against Taliban
Kabul: Women have taken up guns in northern and central Afghanistan, marching in the streets in their hundreds and sharing pictures of themselves with assault rifles on social media in a show…
