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Can an activist in exile persuade the Taliban to allow teaching on TV?

Externa nyheter The regime’s closure of her support and literacy centres for women and girls was crushing, but Jamila Afghani is looking for ways to build a brighter future for the Afghan women she left behind.

The Kabul Bank Crash

Externa nyheter Documentary: Involving nearly $1bn of money laundering, deception, embezzlement and failure of accountability, the banking disaster hit the savings of many Afghan families and left a legacy that contributed to events in Afghanistan years later.

Taliban Cracks Down On Afghan Universities In Bid To Curb Women’s Protests

Externa nyheter Afghanistan's universities have become a hotbed of resistance to the Taliban. In response, the Taliban has cracked down on several university campuses across the country.

Taliban Says Help Is Needed To Reduce Negative Effects Of Climate Change In Afghanistan

Externa nyheter The Taliban-led government's Foreign Affairs Ministry says that this year alone Afghanistan has lost more than $2 billion due to the negative effects of climate change.

Taliban Reveal Burial Place of Founder Mullah Omar

Externa nyheter The Taliban revealed the final resting place of the movement's founder, Mullah Omar, whose death and burial they kept secret for years.

Poverty Rate Increases by 50% in 3 Years

Externa nyheter In 3 years, Afghanistan’s poverty rate has climbed from 47% to 97%, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) report.

Taliban disturb a press conference and detain several women activists in Kabul

Externa nyheter The Taliban intelligence detained several members of the Women’s Movement for Equality at their first press conference and confiscated their mobile phones on November 3, in west Kabul, a local source says.

The Taliban wants to segregate women. So it’s training female doctors

Externa nyheter A new policy submitted recently to the Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, for approval would formalize a rule already applied in some hospitals that female health workers should treat women, while male health workers should treat men.
Muhammad Hassan Ghyasi, acting deputy minister of public health, said the policy will stipulate that if there is no qualified female doctor available, a female patient can see a male doctor.

Women Say They Cannot Leave Country Unless Accompanied By Male

Externa nyheter Some women complained that they are facing challenges when they attempt to travel abroad, and said that they have lost their flights due to a lack of a male accompanying them.