Taliban hides female students behind curtain as Afghan universities return
Taliban have said they are committed to upholding the rights of women Students in the now Taliban-controlled Afghanistan are being separated by gender, with curtains diving classrooms in two. Pictures emerged on Monday showing a large curtain between male and female students, with women wearing completely covering veils and the men dressed in traditional Afghan […]
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Afghanistan: Women’s rights protest broken up by Taliban
The women claim they were targeted with tear gas and pepper spray. Taliban officials have broken up a demonstration by dozens women in Kabul protesting for women’s rights following the Islamist group’s takeover of Afghanistan. The women say that they were trying to walk from a bridge to the presidential palace, but were targeted with […]
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Music to be banned by Taliban and women will need a male chaperone if travelling alone
After claiming to be ‘committed to the rights of women’ in their new regime, oppressive staples are already returning under Taliban control Life in Afghanistan is starting to return to how it was some 20 years ago under the Taliban‘s rule, as the insurgents continue to consolidate power following their takeover. Despite telling the world’s […]
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Brave Afghan women stand up to Taliban in street protests
‘No force can ignore and stifle women.’ A group of Afghan women have been praised for their bravery in the face of the Taliban takeover as they took to the streets to protest against the Islamist militants. Four women dressed in black abayas and hijabs were filmed holding up signs and chanting “we want our […]
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Taliban ‘kill woman for not wearing burqa’ despite promise to protect women’s rights
The killing reportedly took place on the same day as a news conference in which the Taliban said they would honour women’s rights. A woman in Afghanistan was shot and killed by Taliban fighters for going out in public without wearing a burqa. The incident comes as Taliban members have been ensuring that the organisation […]
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Taliban reportedly ‘going door to door’ targeting women in crackdown
Women have enjoyed greater freedoms since the Taliban were ousted, but now they’re back, people are fearful for their safety The Taliban takeover is now complete, the withdrawal of both British and US forces only helping speed the swiftness of their operations. Having taken the presidential palace and the vast majority of the Afghan capital, […]
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