U.S., and some Taliban, condemn move to suspend medical education for women and girls in Afghanistan

The U.S. government has condemned the Taliban for ordering the suspension of medical education for women and girls in ...

How a child bride escaped Afghanistan and became a bodybuilding champion

Aided by her mother, Mahtab Amiri, who coordinated her escape, she left the country with Erfaan and was driven to Iran. From there, she made her way to Turkey and then Greece before she eventually ...

Afghan refugees in the U.S. forge their own path on the soccer pitch

The Taliban made women's sports illegal in 2021 when the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan, but it hasn't stopped a group of ...
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UN expert urges Taliban to reverse ban on women staff entering UN premises

A UN expert on Sunday called for the reversal of the ban on women staff entering UN premises in Afghanistan, condemning the Taliban measures as a violation of UN principles of equality and human ...

U.S. aid cuts could be ‘death sentence’ for Afghan women studying abroad

A group of more than 80 Afghan women who fled the Taliban regime to study in Oman say they are at risk of imminent ...
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Australia announces sanctions on senior officials of Afghanistan’s Taliban government

The Australian government on Saturday announced that it had imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four senior officials of Afghanistan's Taliban-run government, in an effort to curtail the ...

Australia hits Afghan Taliban officials with sanctions, travel bans

Australia on Saturday imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on four officials in Afghanistan's Taliban government over what it said was a deteriorating human rights situation in the country, ...