The head of a Dubai-based conglomerate on Wednesday said Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities had stopped around 100 women from travelling to the United Arab Emirates where he was to sponsor their …
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Marking World Entrepreneurs Day, the UN said Monday that it supports Afghan women entrepreneurs across Afghanistan and hailed their initiative to create jobs and contribute to economic growth. “On World …
At least eight women’s rights activists, who were apprehended by the Taliban from a residence north of Kabul, have been released, as reported by the Afghanistan Women’s Unity and Solidarity …
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UN says Taliban’s gender restrictions should be prosecuted as ‘crime against humanity’
by HamidThe UN said Tuesday that the International Criminal Court should recognize gender discrimination in Afghanistan as a crime against humanity. “The legal opinion we have received shows that the denial …
Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat, their chief spokesman said in an interview marking the second anniversary of …