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Afghanistan: Taliban bars women from visiting popular national park

Decree by all-male Government ministry latest crackdown on women’s human rights in Afghanistan

Evening Standard

Taliban ban women from national park in Afghanistan

Minister says women visiting the lakes of Band-e-Amir have not been wearing their hijabs properly

The Guardian - UK

Security forces will stop Afghan women from visiting national park, Taliban says

The Taliban will use security forces to stop women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks, according to information shared by a spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry. The ministry alleges that women have not been observing the proper way to wear the hijab, or Islamic headscarf,…

France 24

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‘We can’t let him down’: Calls for action as Afghan war hero now faces homelessness

Exclusive: Don’t allow pilot to fall into ‘tragic’ destitution, government warned, after The Independent’s campaign sees him win asylum

The Independent UK

How can Afghan pilot’s family escape Afghanistan to safety in UK?

Afghan pilot can finally stay in UK – but the process to reuniting him with his family is a long and arduos one

The Independent UK

‘Now help hero Afghan pilot’s family escape Taliban’: Fresh calls to bring war hero’s loved ones to UK

Military and political leaders demand action to save loved ones – as they applaud The Independent’s victory in forcing government to grant asylum

The Independent UK

Government ‘failing Afghans’ as only 233 people come to UK on flagship resettlement scheme

The small numbers coming to the UK are in contrast to the promise of 20,000 places, charity says

The Independent UK

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Government ‘failing Afghans as safe routes not matching scale of need’

One organisation said the figures ‘reveal the shocking reality of the Government’s failure to provide protection for vulnerable Afghans’.

The Independent UK

‘A just outcome’: Military chiefs and politicians hail common sense victory for Afghan war hero

‘There are people who came to us for help, and we owe them,’ says former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, amid win for Independent campaign

The Independent UK

How The Independent fought five-month campaign to give Afghan pilot sanctuary in UK

Here is a timeline of all the frontpages that led to today’s monumental victory

The Independent UK

At last! Hero Afghan pilot who fought Taliban is granted asylum in Britain

Exclusive: After five months of resisting this paper’s call to honour our debt to a war veteran who fought with UK forces, the government capitulates – and does the right thing

The Independent UK

No bulwark for Pakistan’s minorities

The litmus test for Pakistan as a democratic state lies in its ability to safeguard the rights of even its smallest minority

The Hindu

Can Traditional Legal Customs Coexist With Western-Style State Law?

Geoffrey Swenson’s book Contending Orders tackles Afghanistan and Timor-Leste.

Reason

200 former Afghan troops, officials killed since Taliban takeover: UN

The UN mission documents 800 cases of serious rights violations despite amnesty; Taliban dismisses the report.

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The Independent UK

More than 200 former Afghan officials and security forces killed since Taliban takeover, UN says

A new U.N. report says more than 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan government officials and security forces have taken place since the Taliban took over the country two years ago

WEKU

Angelina Jolie urges support for jailed Afghan man who championed higher ed for girls

It's been 5 months since Matiullah Wesa, an activist who urged an end to Taliban bans on girls' education, was arrested. Media attention has faded. Now Angelina Jolie is making a plea in his behalf.

The Independent UK

Afghan women kept apart from British husbands by UK government’s ‘callous’ English rules

Exclusive: MPs warned Afghan women face barrier getting to the UK due to ‘bureaucratic’ English language rules

The Guardian - US

‘My goals in life vanished’: Afghan students rocked by US visa denials

Students trying to attend university in the US tell of their frustration after being rejected over the ‘immigrant intent’ test

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Al Jazeera

The former Afghan soldiers turning to gem mining to survive

In remote Nuristan province, some mine to support their families after losing their jobs when the Taliban took power.

The Independent UK

Inside the sports bars of Ukraine where Chelsea and Liverpool fans find escapism in the Premier League

Ukrainian football fans cannot watch football in the flesh while war still rages but seek a little solace in the country’s pubs and bars, writes Kim Sengupta

The Independent UK

Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public

A Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public, and that the only way to wear the hijab, or the Islamic headscarf, is if the face is hidden

Dynamite News

Afghanistan: Taliban imposes ban on all political parties

The Afghan Taliban has imposed one more ban, this time on political parties in Afghanistan. Interim Minister for Justice, Shaikh Maulavi Abdul Hakeem Sharae said there was a complete ban on activities of political parties in Afghanistan, the Dawn reported. Read further on Dynamite News :

Al Jazeera

Taliban’s ties with Pakistan fraying amid mounting security concerns

Two years since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, ties between the neighbours deteriorate amid rise in armed attacks.

Al Jazeera

Afghans fled for a better future but 2 years later, it’s a dream for most

Millions of Afghans who have left their country since 2021 remain stuck in limbo as they seek to reach Western nations.

Evening Standard

London kite flying event held in solidarity with Afghans on Taliban takeover anniversary

It maked two years since the fundamentalist regime’s return to power

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