Several thousand Afghans who helped British forces before the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 remain stranded and at risk from the Taliban. This is blamed on poor planning by the …
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With the election of Shavkat Mirziyoyev (pictured) as head of state in 2016, Uzbekistan has significantly stepped up its policy in the Afghan direction. Since that time, the Afghan strategy …
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Afghanistan: Statement by High Representative Josep Borrell on behalf of the EU on Taliban banning Afghan women from working for the UN
“With profound shock, the EU learned on 4th April that the Taliban had decided to ban Afghan women from working for the UN and its agencies, funds and programmes. This …
Elinor Raikes, Vice President of International Programmes for the International Rescue Committee, said: Since August last year, reports that girls were being turned away from schools across Afghanistan already represented …
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Statement by Josep Borrell on behalf of the EU on additional restrictions by the Taliban to the right of education of girls and women
The announcement on 20 December by the Taliban to ban women from universities is another violation of international obligations and constitutes an institutionalised, systematic discrimination against women and girls. Having …
