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Taliban ban on female aid workers poses big dilemma for US
Externa nyheter A Dec. 24 order from the Taliban barring aid groups from employing women is paralyzing deliveries that help keep millions of Afghans alive, and threatening humanitarian services countrywide.
The prohibition is posing one of the biggest policy challenges over Afghanistan for the United States and other countries since the U.S. military withdrawal in August 2021 opened the door for the Taliban takeover.
Australia cancels Afghanistan cricket series over curbs on women
Externa nyheter Australia pulls out of upcoming one-day series in the UAE citing ruling Taliban’s moves to further restrict women’s rights.
Muslim countries meet over Taliban’s bans on women and girls
Externa nyheter Organisation of Islamic Cooperation convenes after condemning Islamic Emirate's latest decrees, though its impact may be little more than symbolic.
Pakistan sends back hundreds of Afghan refugees to face Taliban repression
Externa nyheter About 250,000 Afghan asylum seekers have arrived in Pakistan since August 2021, but a migrant crackdown has left many of them in fear of being jailed or deported.
The World’s Humanitarian, Economic, and Political Engagement with Afghanistan
Externa nyheter The Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University makes 14 recommendations for the international community.
HRW World Report 2023: Afghanistan
Externa nyheter Human Rights Watch’s annual report details violations of women’s rights, media freedom and repression of critics to Taliban rule.
Afghan players call for politics to be kept out of sport
Externa nyheter Afghan cricketers reacted strongly to Australia’s decision to scrap the three-match ODI series scheduled for March in the UAE on Thursday, with a number of players threatening to boycott the Big Bash League (BBL).
Mental Illness Cases On the Rise in Herat: Doctors
Externa nyheter Health officials in Herat said that the number of patients with mental illness has surged in the province in recent months. Lack of jobs, family problems and the closure of schools and universities for women are seen as the main reasons for mental illness.
At least 80 percent of the patients are women from nearly 100 people who visit the hospital on a daily basis, said Qadem Mohammadi, head of the mental health ward in Herat’s provincial hospital.
MoE orders reopening of closed girls primary schools, seminaries
Externa nyheter Pajhwok Afghan News has received a copy of a letter issued by the Education Ministry to the Education Directorate. It reads: “Girls schools above grade six are suspended until further notice, but in some provinces local seminaries and primary schools of girls (from grade one to grade six) are also closed by local officials. Therefore you are directed to that following the issuance of this letter, girls’ schools have the permission to completely operate and girls up to grade six can attend schools and training classes”.