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Corporal Punishment and the Death Penalty in Afghanistan
Externa nyheter UNAMA report: 274 men, 58 women and two boys publicly flogged in last six months in #Afghanistan.
Afghan female staff to continue working from home: UN
Externa nyheter The United Nations on Friday said it will continue to keep Afghan female employees working from home after the recent ban on Afghan women working for the global organization.
Currently, the UN has some 3,300 Afghan staff, of whom 400 are female, who are at home now.
UN will stay in Afghanistan but funding is drying up, chief says
Externa nyheter The UN will stay in Afghanistan to deliver aid to millions of desperate Afghans despite the Taliban's restrictions on its female staff, but funding is drying up, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said after a meeting of envoys from more than 20 countries in Doha.
Många hushåll i Afghanistan lider av försämrad ekonomi
Externa nyheter Hör Naila Saleem, Sveriges Radios korrespondent på plats i Afghanistan.
Female Media Workers Dropped by 64% in Past 2 Years: ANJU
Externa nyheter According to The Afghanistan National Journalists Union, there are no female journalists working in 22 of the provinces of the nation right now, and their activity is very low in 12 other provinces.
No alternative: Afghan farmers lament Taliban poppy ban
Externa nyheter Last April, Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada declared poppy cultivation "strictly prohibited".
On a trip to the opium-producing areas of Afghanistan, AFP saw fields of wheat where poppy flowers once bloomed, as the first harvest season under the ban got underway.
UN staff letter blasts ‘incoherent’ approach to Taliban ban on women, pushes for unified response
Externa nyheter The UN response to the Taliban’s ban on Afghan women working for the global body is dangerously fragmented and “incoherent”, risking long-term harm to aid operations, an internal letter from UN staff in Afghanistan warns.
In Spontaneous Protest, Afghan Women Urge World Not To Recognize Taliban
Externa nyheter A group of Afghan women on April 29 staged a spontaneous march in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in defiance of Taliban security forces to urge the international community not to recognize the militant group that returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021.
Banned From School, Teenage Afghan Girls Turn To Taliban-Run Madrasahs
Externa nyheter Zohra Jalali, who was in her final year of school when the Taliban seized power in 2021, is now among the thousands of teenage girls who have enrolled in Taliban-run madrasahs as a last resort to continue their education.