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Taliban ban on Afghan women working for U.N. an 'internal' issue

Afghanistan's Taliban administration has said forbidding Afghan women from working for the United Nations was an "internal issue," after the global organisation expressed alarm at the decision and said it would review its operations there.

Reuters

Talban say there's no obstacles for UN work in Afghanistan

The Taliban's chief spokesman denies there are obstacles for the U.N. to do its work in Afghanistan, even after barring Afghan women from working at the global body

The Independent UK

Were Afghan spies working for French secret cell 'left to die' at hands of Taliban?

Dozens of Afghan intelligence agents who worked for the French secret services in Afghanistan say they were abandoned by France after the Taliban took power on 15 August, 2021. These allegations are revealed Wednesday in a joint investigation by RFI, the NGO Lighthouse Reports and daily newspaper Le Monde.

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BBC 'ignorant' for trying to justify story on 'fake' refugee footballers

THE BBC has been criticised for its “ignorant and insensitive” response following a complaint about an article on the high-profile evacuation of…

The National (Scotland)

Queen told head of army her grandsons could fight on front line – documentary

The Real Crown: Inside The House Of Windsor is a five-part series which will be screened from April 20.

The Independent UK

Taliban ban on women has forced UN into ‘appalling choice’

UN says negative consequences of the crisis for Afghan people will be the responsibility of the de facto authorities

Al Jazeera

UN limits operations in Afghanistan amid the humanitarian crisis as the Taliban ban UN's female staff

In a major setback to the relief efforts in Afghanistan, the UN limits its operations in the war-ravaged country facing the worst humanitarian crisis in the wake of the Taliban's ban on its female staff.

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UN tells Afghan staff to stay home until May after Taliban ban on female workers

The government has imposed restrictions on women’s access to work, education and public life

The Independent UK

UN to Review Presence in Afghanistan Following Taliban Ban

The United Nations said Tuesday it is reviewing its presence in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred Afghan women from working for the world organization — a veiled suggestion the UN could move to suspend its mission and operations in the embattled country. Last week, Afghanistan's Taliban rulers took a step…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN to review presence in Afghanistan following Taliban ban

The United Nations says it's reviewing its presence in Afghanistan after the Taliban barred Afghan women from working for the world organization — a veiled suggestion that the U.N. could move to suspend its mission and operations in the embattled country

The Independent UK

U.N. asks Afghan staff to stay home until May after female worker ban

The United Nations' mission to Afghanistan has launched a review of its operations and asked all Afghan staff not to come to work at least until May after the Taliban administration barred its women staff from working, it said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

"We are not the bad guys" - Afghan women's player speaks out on 'false footballer' accusations

A Newsnight investigation into the evacuation of female footballers from Afghanistan in 2021 has come under fire.

Daily Mirror

Afghanistan likely to tour India after World Test Championship final

MUMBAI: In a significant development, TOI has learnt that for the first time in five years, the Afghanistan cricket team will undertake a short tour to India in June.

The Times of India

Afghan refugee's joy at meeting NI pal who helped him escape Taliban

Former RIR soldier from Derry helped old friend from Afghanistan make it to UK

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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Food Agency: $800M Urgently Needed for Afghanistan

The UN food agency said Monday it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghanistan, which is at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century. Aid agencies have been providing food, education and health care support to Afghans in the wake of…

France 24

UN food agency says $800 million urgently needed for Afghanistan, warns of ‘catastrophic hunger’

The U.N. food agency said Monday it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghanistan, which is at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century.

The Independent UK

Taliban ban restaurant gardens for families, women in Herat

The Taliban have banned families and women from restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Afghanistan’s northwestern Herat province

The Independent UK

UN food agency: $800m urgently needed for Afghanistan

The U.N. food agency says it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghans, with the country at the highest risk of famine in a quarter of a century

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Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway councillor shocked at racist message after speech on Afghan refugees

Dougie Campbell, a former volunteer with the Scottish Refugee Council, helped secure a commitment 18 months ago for Dumfries and Galloway to resettle 20 families who were fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Afghanistan: withdrawal should be a cause for lasting shame in Britain and the US

Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are still failing to take responsibility for abandoning the Afghan people to the Taliban

The Independent UK

Afghan religious scholars criticize girls' education ban

Afghan religious scholars say the government's ban on girls' education is un-Islamic

Daily Mirror

Blood-soaked copies of Prince Harry's Spare to go on sale after he admitted killings

Artist Andrei Molodkin is selling copies of blood-soaked Prince Harry's Spare after the Royal said he'd killed 25 people while serving in Helmand, Afghanistan

Al Jazeera

Republicans furious at Biden’s Afghanistan review, Democrats mum

A review released by the White House largely blamed former President Trump for chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan.

The Independent UK

Afghan women-run radio resumes broadcasts after shutdown

A women-run radio station in northeastern Afghanistan has resumed its broadcasts, after officials shut it down for a week for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan

Tribune News Service

Biden review of Afghanistan withdrawal sees need for better evacuation plans

WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged that the tumultuous Afghanistan withdrawal underscored the need to better plan and more quickly implement evacuations from conflict zones in an after-action report, even as aides sought to put much of the blame on former President Donald Trump.

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