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UN Flags 'Grave Concern' Over Taliban Law Allowing Child Marriage
Women and girls face widespread discrimination in Afghanistan, with laws dictating how they must dress and behave. They are banned from secondary school and universities and from most jobs
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Taliban Calls UN Special Envoy For Human Rights In Afghanistan Unnecessary
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Saturday criticised the UN Security Council's plan for a special envoy to promote gender and human rights in the country as "unnecessary".
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UN Chief Demands Taliban Revoke Ban On World Body's Women Staff
Top UN officials warned Wednesday that a Taliban government order banning Afghan women from working for its mission in the country would violate the world body's charter and demanded the ban be revoked.
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UN Says Afghan Women Staff Blocked From Work By Taliban Order
The Taliban have extended a ban on women working for NGOs to the United Nations' mission throughout the country, a UN spokesman announced Tuesday, calling such an order "unacceptable."
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UN Says It Won't Halt Aid To Afghanistan Despite Ban On Women In NGOs
The United Nations said Thursday it would not stop providing help to Afghanistan despite the Taliban ban on women working in the country's aid sector.
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UN Says Some Aid Programmes Stopped In Afghanistan After Ban On Women
The United Nations said that some "time-critical" programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women aid workers.
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UN Votes To Secure Formal Presence In Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Thursday to secure a formal presence in Afghanistan, whose Taliban government remains unrecognized by the international community.
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Afghanistan "Hanging By A Thread": UN Urges Taliban To "Seize The Moment"
The Taliban must uphold the fundamental human rights of women and children, the United Nations chief said Wednesday, urging the international community to release frozen Afghan aid to prevent families from selling their babies to buy food.
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No Taliban, Myanmar Junta In United Nations For Now, Committee Says
A U.N. committee on Wednesday deferred a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar at the United Nations, said the panel's chair, meaning the Afghan Taliban and Myanmar junta will not be allowed into the world body for now.
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'Indiscriminate' Afghan Fighting Hurting Civilians The Most, Says UN
Afghan forces battled the Taliban for control of a key provincial capital Tuesday, as the United Nations warned "indiscriminate" gunfire and air strikes were hurting civilians the most.
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Support For Terror Outfits Must Be Forced To Stop: India At United Nations
Support for terror outfits must be forced to stop: India at UN United Nations, Dec 22 (PTI) Supporters of terror organisations like Taliban, Haqqani network and Lashkar-eTaiba must be forced to stop and all safe havens must end, India has told the UN Security Council, expressing concern over the collapse of security situation in Afghanistan.
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Civilian Casualties Rise as Afghan War Intensifies
Armed clashes were the leading cause of almost 5,000 civilian casualties recorded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2015, the United Nations said today, as fighting intensified following the withdrawal of most foreign troops last year.
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UN Security Council Welcomes Direct Talks Between Afghan Government and Taliban
The UN Security Council has welcomed the recently held direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban as a step towards "peace and reconciliation" in the war-torn country.
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Iraq Calls for Air Power to Protect Antiquities
Iraq urged a U.S.-led military coalition on Sunday to use air power to protect the country's antiquities from Islamic State fighters looting and destroying some of the world's greatest archaeological treasures.
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UN Report Finds Torture Still Widespread in Afghan Jails
Afghan authorities tortured or mistreated more than a third of nearly 800 suspected Taliban-linked detainees who human rights investigators were able to interview, the United Nations said today.
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UN Flags 'Grave Concern' Over Taliban Law Allowing Child Marriage
Women and girls face widespread discrimination in Afghanistan, with laws dictating how they must dress and behave. They are banned from secondary school and universities and from most jobs
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Taliban Calls UN Special Envoy For Human Rights In Afghanistan Unnecessary
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Saturday criticised the UN Security Council's plan for a special envoy to promote gender and human rights in the country as "unnecessary".
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UN Chief Demands Taliban Revoke Ban On World Body's Women Staff
Top UN officials warned Wednesday that a Taliban government order banning Afghan women from working for its mission in the country would violate the world body's charter and demanded the ban be revoked.
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UN Says Afghan Women Staff Blocked From Work By Taliban Order
The Taliban have extended a ban on women working for NGOs to the United Nations' mission throughout the country, a UN spokesman announced Tuesday, calling such an order "unacceptable."
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UN Says It Won't Halt Aid To Afghanistan Despite Ban On Women In NGOs
The United Nations said Thursday it would not stop providing help to Afghanistan despite the Taliban ban on women working in the country's aid sector.
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UN Says Some Aid Programmes Stopped In Afghanistan After Ban On Women
The United Nations said that some "time-critical" programs in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely need to be paused because of a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women aid workers.
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UN Votes To Secure Formal Presence In Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution Thursday to secure a formal presence in Afghanistan, whose Taliban government remains unrecognized by the international community.
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Afghanistan "Hanging By A Thread": UN Urges Taliban To "Seize The Moment"
The Taliban must uphold the fundamental human rights of women and children, the United Nations chief said Wednesday, urging the international community to release frozen Afghan aid to prevent families from selling their babies to buy food.
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No Taliban, Myanmar Junta In United Nations For Now, Committee Says
A U.N. committee on Wednesday deferred a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar at the United Nations, said the panel's chair, meaning the Afghan Taliban and Myanmar junta will not be allowed into the world body for now.
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'Indiscriminate' Afghan Fighting Hurting Civilians The Most, Says UN
Afghan forces battled the Taliban for control of a key provincial capital Tuesday, as the United Nations warned "indiscriminate" gunfire and air strikes were hurting civilians the most.
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Support For Terror Outfits Must Be Forced To Stop: India At United Nations
Support for terror outfits must be forced to stop: India at UN United Nations, Dec 22 (PTI) Supporters of terror organisations like Taliban, Haqqani network and Lashkar-eTaiba must be forced to stop and all safe havens must end, India has told the UN Security Council, expressing concern over the collapse of security situation in Afghanistan.
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Civilian Casualties Rise as Afghan War Intensifies
Armed clashes were the leading cause of almost 5,000 civilian casualties recorded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2015, the United Nations said today, as fighting intensified following the withdrawal of most foreign troops last year.
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UN Security Council Welcomes Direct Talks Between Afghan Government and Taliban
The UN Security Council has welcomed the recently held direct talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban as a step towards "peace and reconciliation" in the war-torn country.
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Iraq Calls for Air Power to Protect Antiquities
Iraq urged a U.S.-led military coalition on Sunday to use air power to protect the country's antiquities from Islamic State fighters looting and destroying some of the world's greatest archaeological treasures.
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UN Report Finds Torture Still Widespread in Afghan Jails
Afghan authorities tortured or mistreated more than a third of nearly 800 suspected Taliban-linked detainees who human rights investigators were able to interview, the United Nations said today.
