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Kabul: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Tuesday that the Taliban movement, which is currently ruling in Afghanistan, have arrested a prominent activist fighting for girls’ rights to education. more
Suspension of women’s education in Afghanistan is against Islamic values: Prominent Islamic Scholar

Kabul:  Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar University, has described the recent decision taken by the Taliban government in Afghanistan to ban women from studyi ...

Afghanistan: Taliban directs female UN staff to wear hijab 

Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers issued yet another bizarre diktat as they directed female staff members of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to wear the hijab, medi ...

International bodies express concern over disappearance of Afghan women activists

Kabul: The European Union, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) have voiced concerns over the fate of Afghan women activists ...

UN voices concern over deaths of women right activist Frozan Safi in Mazar-i-Sharif

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed deep concern over the killing of activist Frozan Safi in Mazar-i-Sharif.

Afghanistan people hold vigils for killed Japanese doctor

Kabu/IBNS: People in Afghanistan on Thursday held nationwide candlelight vigil prayer ceremony in remembrance of Dr. Tetsu Nakamura, the head of Japanese NGO Peace Japan Medical Services ...

UN calls to support survivors and amplify voices of advocates to end violence against women and girls

Mumbai,  Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, the United Nations in Afghani ...