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Taliban Told To “Include Women” In Public Life At Their First UN Meet

July 2, 2024 admin

The head of the Taliban delegation said that diplomats should avoid confrontation and find other ways. Doha, Qatar: Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life, UN Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo said on Monday as she defended a decision to sideline civil society groups at official talks in Doha. Rights organisations have strongly…

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Reclusive Taliban leader warns Afghans against earning money or gaining ‘worldly honor’

June 17, 2024 admin

Leader of the Afghanistan Taliban Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada. | Photo Credit: AP The Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader on June 17 warned Afghans against earning money or gaining worldly honour at a time when the country is in the grip of humanitarian crises and isolated on the global stage. Hibatullah Akhundzada gave his warning in a…

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Taliban Displays Rocket Launchers, Bombs Next To Artefacts In Afghan Museum

March 7, 2024 admin

Afghan women are barred from visiting the museum. Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan: Alongside antique Korans and ancient Afghan coins, rocket launchers and homemade bombs are displayed in a Mazar-i-Sharif museum as a testament to the Taliban’s victory over foreign soldiers. “It doesn’t have any old history, but it all played an important role in the victory,” says…

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Pakistan evictions of Afghan migrants ‘unacceptable’, says Kabul

October 4, 2023 admin

And 600,000 have arrived since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in August 2021 and imposed their austere version of Islamic law. Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan’s plan to evict hundreds of thousands of Afghan migrants is “unacceptable”, Taliban authorities said Wednesday, denying allegations by Islamabad its citizens were…

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