Women
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Hekmatyar’s Son: Taliban Uses Religion to Marginalize Women
DID Press: Habib-ur-Rahman Hekmatyar has accused the Taliban of using religious interpretations to justify the exclusion of women from public life, arguing that the group’s policies reflect an extremist reading of Islam rather than mainstream Islamic teachings. In a post…
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Karzai Condemns Continued Ban on Afghan Girls’ University Entrance Exam
DID Press: Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has expressed regret over the continued exclusion of girls from the national university entrance exam (Kankor), stressing that Afghanistan’s development depends on the educational participation of both girls and boys. Karzai made the…
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UNDP Support Preserves 300 Women’s Jobs in Mazar-e-Sharif
DID Press: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced that its support for a fruit processing company in Mazar-e-Sharif has helped preserve 300 jobs for women, create new employment opportunities, and support thousands of farmers in Afghanistan. United Nations Development…
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UN Report: Afghanistan Excluded from Global Ranking on Women’s Political Participation
DID Press: A new United Nations Women report shows that Afghanistan has been excluded from global rankings on women’s political participation due to the absence of active political institutions and the complete removal of women from formal governance structures. The…
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Afghan Women’s Businesses Grow Sharply Despite Mounting Restrictions
DID Press: Official data from the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries indicates that more than 10,000 Afghan women now hold formal business licenses, representing a tenfold increase over the past five years. According to reporting cited from The New…
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EU Makes Women’s Empowerment Central to Afghanistan Aid Strategy
DID Press: European Union’s delegation in Afghanistan has announced that the empowerment of women and girls remains a central priority in its humanitarian assistance programs for the Afghan population. According to the statement, the EU is working in cooperation with…
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Taliban’s Identity Dilemma Deepens Afghanistan’s Internal Divide
DID Press: A new analysis published by the Siyaq platform argues that one of the most significant challenges facing Afghanistan since the Taliban’s return to power is the growing contradiction between the movement’s diplomatic gains abroad and its restrictive domestic…
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IOM: Afghanistan’s Population Up 10% in 3 Years as Returning Migrants Strain System
DID Press: The head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Afghanistan has warned that large-scale returns of migrants from neighboring countries have increased Afghanistan’s population by at least 10% over the past three years, intensifying pressure on an…
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Taliban Tightens Dress Code for Female Students, Teachers in Herat
DID Press: Local sources in Herat say Taliban education authorities have ordered female teachers and girls in grades four through six to wear face veils and gloves while attending school, as part of stricter dress code measures in the western…
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From Bamyan to the World: Afghan Girl Secures 4 University Admissions
DID Press: 19-year-old Fatima Sakhi Zada from Bamyan has received admissions from four universities in the United States, Canada, Kazakhstan, and Malaysia, despite ongoing restrictions on girls’ education in Afghanistan. Sakhi Zada, a school student from Bamyan, was forced to…
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