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This is how we dress’: Afghan women overseas pose in colourful attire
Afghan youth rights activist Wazhma Sayle says she was shocked to see a photograph online, apparently of women dressed in black all-enveloping niqabs and gowns, staging a demonstration in support of the country’s new Taliban rulers at Kabul University. The 36-year-old, who is based in Sweden, later posted a photograph of herself on Twitter dressed in a bright green and…
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Taliban breaking promises including over women, says U.N.
United Nations’ human rights chief on Monday criticised Taliban’s record since seizing power in Afghanistan, saying stated commitments did not match realities on the ground such as the status of women. Michelle Bachelet told the Human Rights Council in Geneva, that Afghanistan was in a “new and perilous phase” with many women and members of ethnic groups and religious communities…
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Taliban takeover of Afghanistan a ‘boost’ to extremists elsewhere – UK spy chief
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan will provide a “morale boost” to extremists plotting attacks elsewhere, and could again give them a base to operate as they did in the run-up to 9/11, the head of Britain’s MI5 domestic spy service said on Friday. Ken McCallum, director-general of the Security Service, best known by the initials for Military Intelligence Section 5…
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Afghanistan crisis to top agenda for Maas, Blinken at airbase talks
Top diplomats from the United States and Germany, Antony Blinken and Heiko Maas, are set to discuss the situation in Afghanistan on Wednesday at the U.S. Ramstein airbase in western Germany. The talks are also set to include, via videolink, several other foreign ministers whose countries are dealing with the aftermath of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan last month. The…
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Taliban survivor Malala in Nigeria, pledges to help free girls
Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, has pledged while on a trip to Nigeria to help free a group of school girls abducted by Islamist militants. On Sunday, 16-year-old Malala met with parents of the more than 200 girls who were kidnapped by militant group Boko…
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