Afghanistan’s Hunger And Poverty Crisis In Numbers
With Afghanistan fast becoming the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, U.N. agencies asked donors on Tuesday for $4.4 billion in humanitarian aid for 2022, the largest appeal ever sought for a single country. Millions of Afghans are at risk of famine as one of the country’s worst droughts in decades is compounded by an economic meltdown […]
Taliban say Afghan Boys’ Schools To Reopen, No Mention Of Girls
Afghan schools will open for boys from Saturday, the new Taliban ministry of education said in a statement that gave no indication of when girls might be able to go back to their classes. More than a month after the movement seized the capital Kabul, most educational institutions have remained closed as the Taliban have […]
What Will Happen To girls’ Education In Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule?
Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers have said girls will be allowed to go to school as they seek to show they have changed since last in power 20 years ago, when girls were barred from education. But many Afghans do not believe them, among them the founder of a girls’ school in Kabul, who has burnt […]
A Curtain Divides Male, Female Students As Afghan Universities Reopen
Students across Afghanistan have started returning to university for the first time since the Taliban stormed to power, and in some cases females have been separated from their male peers by curtains or boards down the middle of the classroom. What happens in universities and schools across the country is being closely watched by foreign […]
UK To Launch Resettlement Scheme For Vulnerable Afghans
Britain will launch a new resettlement scheme for Afghans who are most in need of help, especially women and girls, after the Taliban seized control of the country, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce. British soldiers are working amid chaotic scenes in Kabul to help evacuate UK nationals and those Afghan citizens who worked for […]
Afghan Women Fear For Their Jobs and Daughters’ Futures Under Taliban
From female journalists wiping computer files to beauticians removing posters from salons, many Afghan women are taking no chances with the country’s new Taliban leaders despite promises they can keep working. Three days after the Islamic movement’s shock seizure of Kabul, there were few women on the streets. Some women were deleting social media accounts, […]
Six Ways Life Has Changed For Afghan Women Since The Last Taliban Regime
With the Taliban back in power, fears are escalating that Afghan women will lose many of the freedoms they have won since 2001. Here are six ways life has got better for women since the last Taliban governmentfell – gains now feared at risk: EDUCATION When the Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, they banned […]
Afghan Women Forced From Banking Jobs As Taliban Take Control
In early July, as Taliban insurgents were seizing territory from government forces across Afghanistan, fighters from the group walked into the offices of Azizi Bank in the southern city of Kandahar and ordered nine women working there to leave. The gunmen escorted them to their homes and told them not to return to their jobs. […]
Taliban Would Roll Back Afghan Women’s Rights -U.S. Intelligence Report
The Taliban “would roll back much” of the progress made in Afghan women’s rights if the Islamist extremists regain national power, according to an assessment released on Tuesday by top U.S. intelligence analysts. The U.S. National Intelligence Council report likely will reinforce fears that the Taliban will resume the harsh treatment that women and girls […]
E-commerce Platform Connects Young Afghan Female Entrepreneurs With The World
A locally grown e-commerce platform in Afghanistan is connecting vendors with customers around the world, providing an important opportunity for the war-torn economy and inspiring a new trend of young women starting up their own small businesses. E-commerce site Click.af started in 2016 to give Afghans access to a domestic online market, and last year […]
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