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"Women In Afghan Jail...": Message For Trump From US Woman Freed By Taliban
An American woman freed by the Taliban in Afghanistan celebrated her release, in a video shared Saturday by US President Donald Trump, in which she thanked him for helping secure her freedom.
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Taliban Defends Record On Women After UN Criticises Curbs On Afghan Women
Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is "obligated" to consider religious values and will not allow interference in internal affairs, it has told the United Nations in response to an assessment on how the world could deal with the Islamists.
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"Woman Must Accept Man's World," Says Taliban Minister: Report
Taliban-appointed acting minister of Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadim emphasized that based on Sharia, men and women are not equal, reported TOLO News.
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"Thin, Tight, Short" Women's Clothing Banned In Afghanistans Bamiyan
Fresh restrictions have been put in place in Afghanistan's Bamiyan as shopkeepers have been instructed to remove thin and tight-fitting women's clothing from their shops.
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Video: Women Flogged In Afghanistan For Shopping Without Male Guardian
The Taliban regularly carried out punishments in public during their first rule that ended in late 2001, including floggings and executions at the national stadium.
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Afghan Male Anchors Stand With Women Colleagues Against Taliban's Order
The protest, which on social media has used the hashtag #FreeHerFace, has picked up momentum as men from channel Tolo News wore masks to mimic their female colleagues who have been forced to wear a face veil.
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Taliban To Open High Schools For Girls Next Week
The Taliban will allow girls around Afghanistan to return to class when high schools open next week, an education official said on Thursday, after months of uncertainty over whether the group would allow full access to education for girls and women.
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4 Women, Including Activist, Killed In Afghanistan: Taliban
Four women have been killed in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Saturday, as local sources identified at least one of the victims as a rights activist.
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Afghan Woman Activist Beaten Up By Taliban During Kabul Protest: Report
A woman activist who participated in a protest in Kabul seeking political rights under Taliban rule was seen in a video with a head injury, blood streaming down her face.
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"Goodbye, Motherland": Afghan Woman Filmmaker's Heartbreaking Post
Afghan filmmaker and photographer Roya Heydari's heartbreaking post on fleeing her motherland captures the desperation and dilemma that thousands of women in the Taliban-controlled country face today
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Taliban Won't Even Let You Pick Up The Dead, Recall Afghans In Delhi
As the Taliban take over their country and a grave human tragedy unfolds, the Afghans living in Delhi reel under the uncertainty of the future, especially those who have not been able to contact their families back home.
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"Will I Be Alive?": Afghan Woman Photographer Under Threat
Photographer Rada Akbar's striking self-portraits are a declaration of her independence and heritage -- but in Afghanistan that comes at a deadly risk.
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Afghan Officials Reverse Ban On Girls Singing After Social Media Backlash
A ban on girls singing in public imposed by education officials in the Afghan capital last week has been overturned after a social media campaign that included local women uploading videos of themselves belting out their favourite songs.
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Afghan Women Fear Cost Of Peace Will Be Their Freedom
It is naive to think the Taliban have changed their stance on women's rights, says Kabul restaurateur Laila Haidari, who like many educated Afghan women fears any peace deal between the extremists and the US could erode hard-won freedoms.
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Rights Groups Slam Afghan Lashings Over Adultery
Rights groups have condemned the public flogging of a man and a woman convicted of adultery in Afghanistan, calling for an investigation into the "abhorrent" incident which sparked anger online.
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"Women In Afghan Jail...": Message For Trump From US Woman Freed By Taliban
An American woman freed by the Taliban in Afghanistan celebrated her release, in a video shared Saturday by US President Donald Trump, in which she thanked him for helping secure her freedom.
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Taliban Defends Record On Women After UN Criticises Curbs On Afghan Women
Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is "obligated" to consider religious values and will not allow interference in internal affairs, it has told the United Nations in response to an assessment on how the world could deal with the Islamists.
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"Woman Must Accept Man's World," Says Taliban Minister: Report
Taliban-appointed acting minister of Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadim emphasized that based on Sharia, men and women are not equal, reported TOLO News.
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"Thin, Tight, Short" Women's Clothing Banned In Afghanistans Bamiyan
Fresh restrictions have been put in place in Afghanistan's Bamiyan as shopkeepers have been instructed to remove thin and tight-fitting women's clothing from their shops.
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Video: Women Flogged In Afghanistan For Shopping Without Male Guardian
The Taliban regularly carried out punishments in public during their first rule that ended in late 2001, including floggings and executions at the national stadium.
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Afghan Male Anchors Stand With Women Colleagues Against Taliban's Order
The protest, which on social media has used the hashtag #FreeHerFace, has picked up momentum as men from channel Tolo News wore masks to mimic their female colleagues who have been forced to wear a face veil.
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Taliban To Open High Schools For Girls Next Week
The Taliban will allow girls around Afghanistan to return to class when high schools open next week, an education official said on Thursday, after months of uncertainty over whether the group would allow full access to education for girls and women.
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4 Women, Including Activist, Killed In Afghanistan: Taliban
Four women have been killed in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Saturday, as local sources identified at least one of the victims as a rights activist.
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Afghan Woman Activist Beaten Up By Taliban During Kabul Protest: Report
A woman activist who participated in a protest in Kabul seeking political rights under Taliban rule was seen in a video with a head injury, blood streaming down her face.
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"Goodbye, Motherland": Afghan Woman Filmmaker's Heartbreaking Post
Afghan filmmaker and photographer Roya Heydari's heartbreaking post on fleeing her motherland captures the desperation and dilemma that thousands of women in the Taliban-controlled country face today
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Taliban Won't Even Let You Pick Up The Dead, Recall Afghans In Delhi
As the Taliban take over their country and a grave human tragedy unfolds, the Afghans living in Delhi reel under the uncertainty of the future, especially those who have not been able to contact their families back home.
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"Will I Be Alive?": Afghan Woman Photographer Under Threat
Photographer Rada Akbar's striking self-portraits are a declaration of her independence and heritage -- but in Afghanistan that comes at a deadly risk.
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Afghan Officials Reverse Ban On Girls Singing After Social Media Backlash
A ban on girls singing in public imposed by education officials in the Afghan capital last week has been overturned after a social media campaign that included local women uploading videos of themselves belting out their favourite songs.
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Afghan Women Fear Cost Of Peace Will Be Their Freedom
It is naive to think the Taliban have changed their stance on women's rights, says Kabul restaurateur Laila Haidari, who like many educated Afghan women fears any peace deal between the extremists and the US could erode hard-won freedoms.
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Rights Groups Slam Afghan Lashings Over Adultery
Rights groups have condemned the public flogging of a man and a woman convicted of adultery in Afghanistan, calling for an investigation into the "abhorrent" incident which sparked anger online.
