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Taliban Morality Ministry Dismisses Over 280 Men For Failure To Grow Beards
The Taliban's morality ministry has dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and have detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for "immoral acts" in the past year, officials said on Tuesday.
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India Says It Continues To Monitor Human Rights Development in Afghanistan
India on Tuesday said that it continues to monitor developments related to human rights, including those of women and girls, in Afghanistan and has "abiding stakes" in return for peace and stability in the country.
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Afghanistan Struggles Against Institutionalised Sexual Slavery Of Boys
Quivering with quiet rage, Shirin holds a photo of his teenage brother-in-law, who now lives as the plaything of policemen, just one victim of a hidden epidemic of kidnappings of young boys for institutionalised sexual slavery in Afghanistan.
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Taliban, Other Afghans Talk Women's Rights in Norway
Members of Afghanistan's Taliban are in Norway for informal talks with representatives of Afghan society, the Norwegian government said today, in a new sign of a nascent dialogue.
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Afghan Women Held Like Prisoners in Camps: Aid Agency
Afghan women and girls uprooted by violence and living in camps in major cities are most vulnerable to abuse by male family members, who treat them like prisoners and sell them "like animals" into marriage, aid agencies said today.
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Taliban Morality Ministry Dismisses Over 280 Men For Failure To Grow Beards
The Taliban's morality ministry has dismissed more than 280 members of the security force for failure to grow a beard and have detained more than 13,000 people in Afghanistan for "immoral acts" in the past year, officials said on Tuesday.
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India Says It Continues To Monitor Human Rights Development in Afghanistan
India on Tuesday said that it continues to monitor developments related to human rights, including those of women and girls, in Afghanistan and has "abiding stakes" in return for peace and stability in the country.
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Afghanistan Struggles Against Institutionalised Sexual Slavery Of Boys
Quivering with quiet rage, Shirin holds a photo of his teenage brother-in-law, who now lives as the plaything of policemen, just one victim of a hidden epidemic of kidnappings of young boys for institutionalised sexual slavery in Afghanistan.
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Taliban, Other Afghans Talk Women's Rights in Norway
Members of Afghanistan's Taliban are in Norway for informal talks with representatives of Afghan society, the Norwegian government said today, in a new sign of a nascent dialogue.
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Afghan Women Held Like Prisoners in Camps: Aid Agency
Afghan women and girls uprooted by violence and living in camps in major cities are most vulnerable to abuse by male family members, who treat them like prisoners and sell them "like animals" into marriage, aid agencies said today.
