[ad_1] Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban government has barred girls and women from high schools and universities, banned them from parks, funfairs and gyms, and ordered them to cover up in public. Women have also mostly been barred from working for the United Nations or NGOs, and thousands have been sacked from … Read more
[ad_1] Washington — A 6-year-old Afghan boy brought to the U.S. after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021 died last week while in federal government custody, marking the third such death this year, a U.S. official told CBS News Thursday. The Afghan child had a terminal illness, according to the U.S. official, who … Read more
[ad_1] Taliban’s interim foreign minister gets UN clearance to travel for meeting with counterparts in Pakistan. Pakistan’s UN mission requested an exemption for Muttaqi to travel between May 6 and 9 “for a meeting with the foreign ministers of Pakistan and China”. A United Nations Security Council committee has agreed to allow the Taliban’s interim foreign … Read more
[ad_1] Female Afghan employees of the United Nations have been banned from working by Taliban authorities in eastern Afghanistan. According to international media reports, The United Nations expresses concern over ban on Afghan Female Staff in Afghanistan by Taliban. The UN mission expressed “serious concern” after its female staffers were prevented from reporting to work in … Read more
[ad_1] Three British men are being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan, including so-called “danger tourist” Miles Routledge, British media reported on Saturday. The other two men are charity medic Kevin Cornwell and another unidentified UK national who manages a hotel in Kabul, the report said. “We are working hard to secure consular contact with … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — Three British men have been detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan, according to the non-profit Presidium Network. The UK non-profit which “provides support to communities in crisis” tweeted Saturday that they have been working with the families of two of the detained men “in support of finding a resolution and release for … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — A Virginia man convicted of providing support to ISIS in 2015 was sentenced Thursday to serve an additional year in prison for breaking his release conditions after meeting multiple times with John Walker Lindh, the so-called “American Taliban” and sharing ISIS propaganda online in encrypted chats. In 2015, Ali Shukri Amin pleaded … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — A prominent activist for girls’ education in Afghanistan was arrested by the Taliban on Monday, according to an official, the latest step in its repressive clampdown on the rights of Afghan women. Matiullah Wesa, 30, is well known for his activism and is the founder of PenPath1, a non-governmental group that travels … Read more