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Ayesha Wahab: Washington Should Maintain Diplomatic Relations With Afghanistan
DID Press: Ayesha Wahab, the first Afghan-American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, says the United States should maintain formal diplomatic relations with Afghanistan regardless of whether the Taliban or its opponents are in power, using diplomacy to…
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South Korea Provides $3 Million to WFP for Food Aid in Afghanistan
DID Press: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided $3 million to support vulnerable women and children in Afghanistan. According to the WFP, the funding will be used over the next 12…
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140 Civil Society Groups Call for Criminalization of Taliban Gender Apartheid
DID Press: About 140 civil society organizations and women’s protest movements have called on the United Nations and the international community to recognize and criminalize the Taliban’s gender apartheid as a “crime against humanity” and halt political engagement with the…
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Taliban Have Issued More Than 100 Decrees Restricting Women
DID Press: UN Women has said that the Taliban have issued more than 100 restrictive decrees targeting women and girls over the past five years, measures that have institutionalized gender discrimination in Afghanistan’s laws and social structures and severely limited…
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UN Women: 52% of Afghan Women Leave Home Twice or Less a Month
DID Press: A new report by UN Women shows that restrictions imposed on women in Afghanistan, five years after the Taliban returned to power, have significantly affected their freedom of movement, access to education, mental well-being and outlook for the…
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UNESCO: 2.4 Million Afghan Girls Barred From Education Since Taliban Takeover
DID Press: UNESCO said Tuesday that around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, deepening the country’s education crisis and threatening the future of its workforce. In…
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More Than 50 Experts Call for Criminalizing Gender Apartheid Under Taliban Rule
DID Press: More than 50 prominent lawyers and human rights advocates have called for the recognition and criminalization of gender apartheid under international law, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power. The group issued an “International…
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Afghan Women at a Crossroads: Challenges, Resilience and the Future
DID Press: Afghan women remain at the center of one of the country’s most consequential social and political debates. Over the past decades, they have experienced dramatic shifts—from serving in senior government positions, parliament and civil society to facing sweeping…
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EU Reaffirms Humanitarian Support for Afghanistan
DID Press: European Union has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the Afghan people, pledging continued humanitarian assistance and backing for women’s rights as Afghanistan remains one of the world’s most severe and complex humanitarian crises. In a post on X,…
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Afghans Deprived of Rights Guaranteed Under UN Charter
DID Press: Nasir Ahmad Faiq has warned that Afghan citizens are being denied rights guaranteed under the United Nations Charter, calling on the international community to take practical action in response to the country’s worsening human rights situation. Speaking on…
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