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The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

‘The Taliban know they need us’: the Afghan hospitals run by women

Female medics continue to save lives, but rely on the Red Cross to get by because the Taliban cannot pay their salaries

The Guardian - UK

Afghan women deplore Taliban’s new order to cover faces in public

In their latest decree, the Taliban say it is ‘required for all respectable Afghan women to wear a hijab’.

Al Jazeera

Anger among Afghan women as face veil edict splits Taliban

A new Taliban decree that demands women cover up from head to toe in public, showing at most their eyes, has left many Afghans angry or fearful

The Independent UK

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Taliban declares women and girls must cover up from head to toe in public

The Taliban in Afghanistan have instructed that women cover up in public from head to toe, including their faces. NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid has been talking to women affected by the change.

WEKU

Afghanistan face veil decree: ‘I’ve lost the right to choose my clothes’

Women say they fear going out in public despite Taliban vow to respect hard-won rights after 2021 takeover

The Guardian - UK

Taliban orders all women to wear the burqa in latest blow to freedom

Decree making male relatives enforcers follows Afghanistan ban on girls’ education and travel, drawing global condemnation

The Guardian - UK

Taliban order all Afghan women to cover their faces in public

Decree forces male relatives to police law by making them liable to fines or prison for breaches

The Guardian - UK

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Taliban orders women to wear burqa in public again

Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government ordered women to wear a burqa in public areas and government institutions, in a re-emergence of the head-to-toe covering less than a year after it took control of the country.

Tribune News Service

Taliban forces women in Afghanistan to start wearing head-to-toe burkhas again

The Taliban's U-turn on the burkha - an all-covering veil designed to hide any part of a woman's body from being on show - comes amid an escalation of restrictions against the rights of women in Afghanistan's public spaces

Daily Mirror

UK hits back after Taliban orders women to wear head burka public

The move to require burkas sees similar restrictions imposed to those on women during the Taliban’s previous hardline rule between 1996 and 2001

Evening Standard

Daily Dose Ep 1040: LPG prices cross Rs 1,000, Taliban’s burqa decree

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Tamil Nadu, New Delhi and Afghanistan.

Newslaundry

The Taliban orders women to wear head-to-toe clothing in public

The decree, which calls for women in Afghanistan to show only their eyes and recommends they wear the burqa, evoked similar restrictions during the Taliban's previous rule.

WEKU

The Taliban says women in Afghanistan must wear head-to-toe clothing in public

The decree, which calls for women to only show their eyes and recommends they wear the head-to-toe burqa, evoked similar restrictions during the Taliban's previous rule between 1996 and 2001.

WEKU

Education, travel and burqas: All the rights women in Afghanistan have lost since the Taliban takeover

Woman cannot travel without a male chaperone and have been ordered to wear an all-covering burqa

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The Independent UK

They must live up to their obligations: UK Government on Taliban burka order

Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership has ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burka in public.

The Independent UK

Afghanistan's Taliban order women to wear burqa in public

Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership has ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public

Al Jazeera

Taliban orders Afghan women to cover their faces in public

The move is one of the harshest restrictions imposed on Afghanistan’s women since the Taliban seized power last year.

The Hindu

Meenakshi Lekhi discusses Ukraine conflict, impact on food, energy with UN General Assembly President

Ms. Lekhi discussed the Ukraine conflict and its impact on food and energy as well as the situation in Afghanistan with the President of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly

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The Independent UK

Prosecutor who put Taliban behind bars fears for his life as UK ‘turns its back’ on Afghans

Former director of prosecution ‘terrified’ in immigration limbo in Pakistan

ABC News

How the Russia-Ukraine war, COVID and climate change are fuelling a growing global food crisis

There are warnings that catastrophe is looming and 44 million people are on the verge of famine as the war in Ukraine fuels already record-high food prices.

The Conversation

Billions spent on overseas counterterrorism would be better spent by involving ex-terrorists

For decades, the U.S. government has sent aid to countries plagued by terrorism, believing that the money could help other nations tackle extremism. Money matters, but it alone isn’t enough to prevent terrorism.

The Independent UK

Wyoming defamation lawsuit against Alec Baldwin is dismissed

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Alec Baldwin over online harassment filed by the family of a Wyoming Marine who was killed in Afghanistan

WEKU

Afghans who want teen girls back in school have new allies: Taliban-affiliated clerics

For 9 months, teen girls have been pretty much unable to go to school. Protests have been shut down. Now clerics — including some affiliated with the Taliban – are urging an end to the school ban.

The Guardian - AU

Confronted about his inaction on the Brereton reforms, Peter Dutton attempts to shoot the messenger

Defence minister calls Guardian Australia a ‘trashy publication’ but leaves questions unanswered

Salon

Can we defeat democracy's enemies?

Confronting Putin isn't about sanctions or military strategy. It's about facing what we did to make him possible

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