Taliban enforce ban on girls taking university entrance exam
The National Examinations Department has confirmed that only boys will be allowed to take this year’s national entrance exam known...
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In less than a week, three women and one girl were killed or committed suicide across four provinces
A young woman has died after falling from the third floor of a building in the Qala Shada area of...
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Kandahar woman’s death under investigation
A woman from the Aino Meena township in district eleven of Kandahar city is believed to have died by her...
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The ban on beauty salons in Afghanistan sparks outrage
Beauticians have responded to the Taliban’s ban on beauty salons by saying that the Taliban “lock-up people's lives”.
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Sar-e Pol woman commits suicide after groom fails to return from Iran
A 19 year old girl who had recently been married without the presence of the groom committed suicide yesterday in...
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The Taliban order all beauty salons to close across Afghanistan
In a letter sent toKabul municipality on June 26, the Taliban Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice...
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“Give us education and employment as a gift for Eid”: Balkh women to the Taliban
In the lead up to Eid al-Adha, women from Balkh in Mazar-e Sharif have called for the Taliban to open...
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Taliban orders Kandahar aid groups to stop having female staff in offices
International organizations in Kandahar Province have been given one day to remove all female staff from their offices.
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Taliban arrests a policewoman and her two sisters in Daikundi
Local sources in Daikundi province say that Taliban forces have arrested a policewoman along with her two sisters.
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Taliban restrictions on women branded ‘crimes against humanity’
Women’s rights activists have called on the UN to recognize the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s rights as crimes against humanity.
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