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Afghanistan
CPJ Urges Taliban to End Crackdown on Afghan Media
DID Press: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the Taliban to end its crackdown on the media, particularly against women journalists, and lift sweeping restrictions on access to independent information. In a statement marking the fifth anniversary…
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Muttaqi: No Government Can Survive Through Force
DID Press: Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has said Afghanistan’s history shows that no government can remain in power by relying on force and pressure against a dissatisfied population. Speaking in his latest remarks, Muttaqi said Afghanistan’s mountainous geography…
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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: Opposition Is Fragmented, Political Participation Would Destabilize Afghanistan
DID Press: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has rejected any political solution involving opposition groups, saying they have different objectives and lack unity. He warned that allowing opposition factions to participate in government could return Afghanistan to the instability of 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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Ghani Rejects Taliban Amnesty, Says He Will Never Bow to Group
DID Press: Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, responding to Taliban statements about the possibility of his return under a general amnesty, said he does not need the group’s amnesty and that the Taliban should instead accept the vote of the…
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Anti-Taliban Forces Advance Near Nusay District Center in Badakhshan
DID Press: Forces affiliated with Juma khan Fateh have advanced toward the center of Nusay district in northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, local sources said, as fighting with the Taliban intensifies. The sources said Fateh’s forces had captured two Taliban checkpoints…
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Press Freedom in Afghanistan Plummets as More Than 700 Cases of Violence Against Journalists Recorded
DID Press: NAI and the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AJC), two independent media organizations, have reported that more than 700 cases of violence against journalists have been recorded during the Taliban’s five years in power, highlighting a sharp decline in press…
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Heavy Fighting Erupts Between Taliban and Dissident Commander in Badakhshan
DID Press: Fighting between Taliban forces and fighters loyal to dissident Taliban commander Juma Khan Fateh is underway in Nusay district of northeastern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, according to local sources and an audio message attributed to Fateh. Fighting reportedly began…
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