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    Around 100 Afghan girl students barred from flying to Dubai for university scholarships

    Around 100 Afghan girl students barred from flying to Dubai for university scholarships

    24 Aug 2023

    The head of a Dubai-based conglomerate said Afghanistan's Taliban authorities had stopped around 100 women from travelling to Dubai where he was to sponsor their university education. Khalaf Ahmad...

    Afghan women cannot join husbands in UK as they cannot speak English

    Afghan women cannot join husbands in UK as they cannot speak English

    21 Aug 2023

    Afghan women stuck under Taliban rule are being barred from reuniting with their British husbands because they cannot meet the English language standards needed to come to the UK....

    Shut out of jobs Afghan women retrain as nurses

    Shut out of jobs Afghan women retrain as nurses

    08 Aug 2023

    Bahaar Joya and Emma Batha, Reuters After a decade lecturing at an Afghan university, former economist Shabana Sediqian is about to retrain as a nurse — it is not...

    Shut out of jobs, Afghan women retrain as nurses

    Shut out of jobs, Afghan women retrain as nurses

    08 Aug 2023

    After a decade lecturing at an Afghan university, former economist Shabana Sediqian is about to retrain as a nurse - it is not a career change she ever envisaged,...

    Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban

    Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban

    19 Jul 2023

    Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses on Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting in Kabul against an order by Taliban authorities to shut down...

    ‘Fearless’ Afghan woman ex-lawmaker shot dead at home in Kabul

    ‘Fearless’ Afghan woman ex-lawmaker shot dead at home in Kabul

    15 Jan 2023

    Gunmen shot dead an Afghan former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in the capital Kabul in a night-time attack at her home, police said on Sunday. Mursal Nabizada...

    Afghan women athletes barred from sports activities, fear Taliban threats

    Afghan women athletes barred from sports activities, fear Taliban threats

    11 Jan 2023

    Noura’s determination to play sports was so great that she defied her family’s opposition for years. Beatings from her mother and jeers from her neighbours never stopped her from...

    Afghans will die because of ban on women in NGOs, warn aid groups

    Afghans will die because of ban on women in NGOs, warn aid groups

    29 Dec 2022

    Major aid agencies on Thursday warned that Afghans will die because of the Taliban order banning women from working at nongovernmental groups, and stressed that female staff are crucial...

    Cancelled rights

    Cancelled rights

    29 Dec 2022

    The Taliban’s decision to prohibit women from working for aid agencies operating in Afghanistan has been met by a suspension of services by CARE, Save the Children, the International Rescue...

    UAE condemns Taliban decision to ban women from NGOs

    UAE condemns Taliban decision to ban women from NGOs

    26 Dec 2022

    Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for Political Affairs and Permanent Representative of the UAE to the United Nations, expressed the UAE’s strong condemnation...

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