The United Nations announced Wednesday it has suspended some of its “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers.
20 mn people to face acute hunger by March 2023 in Afghanistan: Report
The report predicted that four million children and women will experience acute malnutrition, with malnutrition rates continuing to be exceedingly high …
Year-Ender: How Afghanistan Witnessed The World’s ‘worst Humanitarian Crisis’ In 2022
As the year comes to a close, it is important to reflect on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, particularly under the Taliban 2.0 regime.
U.N. aid chief to visit Afghanistan over female aid worker ban
U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths will visit Afghanistan in the coming weeks and seek to meet the highest possible officials within the Taliban-led administration after it banned female aid workers, a …
UN committed to delivery of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, says envoy
UN and its humanitarian partners are committed to delivery of life-saving services to the people of Afghanistan despite the Taliban-run administration’s decision to ban women from working in NGOs …
U.N. halts some programs in Afghanistan after ban on women aid workers
Separately, 12 countries and the EU called on the Taliban to reverse the ban on female aid workers and allow women and girls to return to school.
Private universities in Afghanistan face risk of closure after ban on women education
A quarter of Afghanistan’s private universities risks closure because of the ban on female students imposed by the Taliban government, a spokesman for the sector said Thursday. Afghanistan’s rulers …
White House staffer cringed at Biden’s ‘dumb’ comment about Afghanistan withdrawal, book reveals
That’s a dumb thing to say, he thought, because we fly helicopters from the embassy every day,” Whipple writes in his book, according to an excerpt released Thursday.
I had to dress as a boy to go to school in Afghanistan in the 90s. That would never fool today’s cruel Taliban
Banned from schools, streets, universities and even working for NGOs, women and girls are now nothing more than prisoners in their homes in my home country, says Afghan journalist Zahra Joya
Women in Afghanistan serving ‘life sentence’ under Taliban rule, Independent journalist says
Women in Afghanistan are serving a “life sentence” amid Taliban rule, The Independent’s World Affairs Editor Kim Sengupta believes. In the months that have followed, women’s rights in Afghanistan have been severely restricted and girls are forbidden to go to school.