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UNICEF: Afghanistan’s Education System Has Reached a Critical Point
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that Afghanistan’s education system has reached a critical point.
Jan 271 min read
More Than Two Million Herat Residents Held Hostage by the Decrees of 67 Taliban Virtue and Vice Officers
The city of Herat, home to more than two million people, has taken on an atmosphere of anxiety, suffocation and despair. Residents say daily life under the relentless decrees of the Taliban’s Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice grows narrower and darker by the day.
Nov 17, 20252 min read
Human Rights Activists’ Union: The Taliban Have Committed “Cultural Genocide” by Banning Girls’ Education
Ahead of International Students’ Day on 17 November, the Human Rights Activists’ Union said in a statement that the Taliban, by depriving girls of education and closing university doors, have committed “cultural genocide” and “gender apartheid”.
Nov 16, 20251 min read
The Taliban Have Criminalised Women Eating in Public; Dozens of Women Arrested in Herat
In an unprecedented and contentious move, officers from the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice detained dozens of women and girls on Saturday evening (November 15) after they had gone with their families to the restaurants in Herat’s Taraqi Park to have a meal.
Nov 16, 20252 min read
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