Tag: Afghan Taliban
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Pakistan security forces repel Afghan Taliban aggression
Pakistan security forces successfully foiled an attempt at aggression by Afghan Taliban forces at the Naushki-Ghazni sector along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Afghanistan forces opened fire at Pakistan security forces, who in response targeted Afghan checkpoints in its counteraction, security sources told Dawn News. Fire was exchanged while Pakistan security forces were doing fence repair work;…
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Pakistan should not make more enemies, cautions Taliban Refugee Minister
The Taliban government’s refugees minister, Khalil Haqqani, has said in an interview with AFP that, “They [Pakistani authorities] should not give Afghans a hard time, they should not make more enemies.” The statement was said in the context of the mass exodus of refugees from Pakistan under the Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan. Authorities on the…
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Activist Malala Yousafzai sends support to Afghanistan women’s football team
Women’s rights activist and Noble Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has expressed her support for the women’s football team from Afghanistan, who were banned by the current Taliban government from playing the sport after the takeover in 2021. Currently, the team resides in Melbourne, Australia, where they escaped to in 2021, but right now the football…
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Gomal University, are you listening? Women deserve the same education as men
Gomal University in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) Dera Ismail Khan implemented a total ban on joint gatherings of male and female students on campus. The university issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday, which stated: “Gathering/coupling (male and female) is totally banned in any ground, roads etc. beyond the premises of department. Female students are…
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US restricts visa for Taliban for anti-women policies
United States (US) Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new visa restrictions against the Taliban on Wednesday in response to the Afghan administration’s prohibitions on women’s employment and education. “I am taking action today to impose additional visa restrictions on certain current or former Taliban members, members of non-state security groups, and other individuals believed…
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Taliban defend ban on female education, say women did not observe Hijab
The minister of higher education in Afghanistan’s Taliban government has given the reason that compelled their administration to ban female education in the country. Acting Higher Education Minister, Neda Mohammad Nadeem, while talking to an Afghan state broadcaster said, “They didn’t observe Hijab; they were coming with the clothes that most women wear to a…
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Afghan Taliban ban women from entering public parks, funfairs
Afghan Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering Kabul’s public parks and funfairs. “For the past 15 months, we tried our best to arrange and sort it out – and even specified the days,” said Mohammad Akif Sadeq Mohajir, spokesperson for the Ministry for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue. “But still, in…
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Taliban ask female TV anchors to cover faces, male anchors wear face masks in solidarity
Days after the Taliban issued an order requiring female TV presenters to cover their faces at work, their male colleagues went on air wearing face masks in solidarity. Male anchors from numerous major news organisations, including TOLO News and 1TV News, have initiated a social media campaign posting images of themselves with the hashtag #FreeHerFace.…
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Taliban imposes new ban, men and women cannot eat out together
Taliban officials have barred men and women in the western Afghan city of Herat, from dining together and attending parks at the same time, according to an official. Herat is considered a liberal city in comparison to other cities of the country. Riazullah Seerat, a Taliban official at the Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and…
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US to pressure Taliban if they don’t remove restrictions on women
The United States (US) has said that it will put pressure on Afghanistan’s Taliban government if the group does not reverse some of its recent restrictions on Afghan women, reports Reuters. US State Department spokesperson Ned Price reported saying on Monday: “We have addressed it directly with the Taliban. We have a number of tools that,…