Afghan women

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Taliban have barred 2.4 million Afghan girls from school since 2021, UNESCO says
16/08/2026
Hadia, 10, a 4th grade primary school student attends a class in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 26, 2021. The hardline Islamist Taliban movement, which stormed to power earlier this year after ousting the Western-backed government, has allowed all boys and younger girls back to class, but has not let girls attend secondary school. "I'm in the 4th grade. I want to be a doctor, but if in two years' time I am not be allowed to continue my studies like my sister, I won't be able to fulfil my dream,_REUTERS
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Half of Afghan women rarely leave home as Taliban restrictions deepen, UN agency says
14/08/2026
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What are the Taliban's restrictions on Afghan women?
26/01/2025
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Afghan YouTubers fear for future as Taliban ban women’s voices
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Taliban's treatment of women under scrutiny at UN rights meeting
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FEATURE - Afghan women become YouTubers as Taliban restrict work
20/04/2024
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Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship but struggle to access capital
18/04/2024
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Shut out of jobs, Afghan women retrain as nurses
13/08/2023
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UN Afghan staff told to stay home as Taliban signals UN female ban
05/04/2023
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Taliban ban women from parks, morality ministry says
11/11/2022
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Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban orders to cover up
12/05/2022
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Taliban announce women must cover faces in public, say burqa is best
07/05/2022
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Afghan women losing jobs fast as economy shrinks and rights curtailed
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'We're not giving up': The radio station for Afghan women
12/12/2021
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Exclusive - Afghan women should not work alongside men, senior Taliban figure says
14/09/2021

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