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Taliban bars government employees without beards from work

Afghanistan's Taliban has instructed all government employees to wear a beard and adhere to a dress code or risk being fired, three sources told Reuters, the latest of several new restrictions imposed by the hardline Islamist administration.

Reuters

UN Security Council Asks Taliban to Allow Afghan Girls to Attend School

The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group to reopen schools for female students without delay. "The members of the Security Council ...

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban forbid Afghan women from catching flights without male relatives in return to hardline laws

Officials from Afghanistan's Ariana Afghan airlines and Kam Air say the Taliban have ordered them to stop boarding women if they are travelling alone, as female students also remain locked out of secondary schools.

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Taliban ban BBC's local language services in Afghanistan - broadcaster

The Taliban have banned BBC television news in three main languages of Afghanistan from being broadcast, the British news organisation said.

Reuters

UNSC expresses concern over Taliban's ban on girls attending school

The UN Security Council has expressed concern over the Taliban's decision to ban girls from attending school above the sixth grade in Afghanistan.

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UN Security Council asks Taliban to allow Afghan girls to attend school

Reuters

Afghan refugee family builds community connections by hosting Neighbour Day dinner

Mursal and Amam and their daughter Awen fled Afghanistan last year when the Taliban took over. With the help of neighbours in their Adelaide housing complex, the trio is becoming more settled in their new community.

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Taliban reversal on girls’ education derails US plan for diplomatic recognition

Joint event had been planned ahead of Doha Forum that would have set process in motion to grant group diplomatic recognition

The Guardian - US

BBC news bulletins forced off-air in Afghanistan by Taliban

The broadcaster said their TV news bulletin in Pashto, Persian and Uzbek had been forced off air

The Independent UK

BBC news bulletins taken off-air in Afghanistan after Taliban ruling

The broadcaster said their TV news bulletin in Pashto, Persian and Uzbek had been taken off-air in Afghanistan

Evening Standard

Taliban ‘ban Afghan women from flying without male chaperone’

Dozens of women were turned away from flights for not having male chaperones, according to reports

The Independent UK

‘You’ve got friends’: Birmingham school scheme aims to ease refugee trauma

A pioneering programme hopes to support children newly arrived in the UK until they can integrate into classrooms

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan's Taliban ban women from flying without male chaperone - sources

The Taliban have told airlines in Afghanistan that women cannot board domestic or international flights without a male chaperone, two sources told Reuters on Sunday.

Reuters

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Afghan students in India face tense future as visas run out

The future of thousands of Afghanistan nationals who came to India for higher studies has become increasingly bleak since the Taliban captured their country in August last year.

The Guardian - UK

Protesters call for the Taliban to reopen Afghan girls’ schools

March is allowed to go ahead, but women also banned from boarding planes alone

The Independent UK

Now Taliban preserve buddhas, with eye to China investment

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are working to protect ancient buddha statues in caves carved into cliffsides outside Kabul

The Independent UK

With eye to China investment, Taliban now preserve buddhas

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers are working to protect ancient buddha statues in caves carved into cliffsides outside Kabul

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Women denied airfare in Afghanistan

Kabul's international airport turned away dozens of women for not having a male guardian with them

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Hopes for Reversal by Taliban on Girls’ Education in Coming Days

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan said on Saturday he is hopeful that there will be a reversal of the Taliban's U-turn on girls' education in the coming days. "I am hopeful that we will see a reversal of this decision in the coming days" Thomas West, US special representative…

Reuters

U.S. hopes for reversal by Taliban on girls' education in coming days

The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan said on Saturday he is hopeful that there will be a reversal of the Taliban's U-turn on girls' education in the coming days.

Bangkok Post

Girls' education ban won't last, Nobel laureate tells Taliban

The Taliban's ban on girls' education won't last forever, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai said on Saturday, emphasising that Afghan women now know what it is to be "empowered".

Al Jazeera

Afghan girls stage protest, demand Taliban reopen schools

About two dozen girls and women protest in front of the Ministry of Education against Taliban decision to shut schools.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Blocked Unaccompanied Women from Flights

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers refused to allow dozens of women to board several flights, including some overseas, because they were traveling without a male guardian, two Afghan airline officials said Saturday. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions from the Taliban, said dozens of women who…

The Independent UK

Officials: Taliban blocked unaccompanied women from flights

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have refused to allow dozens of women at Kabul's international airport to board their flights because they were without a male guardian

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