Amid unresolved wrangling with Taliban authorities over women’s right to work and education and a decline in donor funding, the United Nations has cut its humanitarian aid request for Afghanistan …
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The Taliban administration on Tuesday slammed UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan Richard Bennett for his latest report on the situation of women and girls in the country, calling it propaganda …
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UN expert: Taliban’s treatment of women could be ‘gender apartheid’
by HamidA United Nations expert said today that the Taliban’s treatment of Afghan women and girls could amount to gender apartheid as their rights continue to be gravely infringed by the …
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Iran’s parliamentary delegation to visit Afghanistan over water rights
by Hamidparliamentary delegation of Iran will soon travel to Afghanistan to follow up on the issue of water rights, an Iranian lawmaker has said. “There have been talks with the foreign …
The United Arab Emirates is hosting a “comprehensive” United Nations meeting on Afghanistan on 21 June. Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE’s permanent representative to the UN and current president of the …
Afghanistan, a nation plagued by a long history of crisis and calamity, finds itself trapped in a bewildering web of conflicting identities. Within this intricate dance, groups morph from oppressors …