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Donors concerned over Taliban's U-turn on girls' schools - UNDP head

The head of the United Nations' development agency said on Tuesday that the Taliban administration's U-turn last week on allowing girls to attend high school had created consternation among funders ahead of a key donor conference this week.

Reuters · Mar 29, 2022

Afghanistan needs compassion from world leaders, not politics

Letter: Former UN humanitarian coordinators Martin Barber and Mark Bowden call for support for Afghanistan’s economy, ahead of a pledging conference

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2022

Yo-Yo Ma plays Mozart with Afghan refugees in Portugal

Celebrated U.S. cellist Yo-Yo Ma has joined refugees from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in the Portuguese capital Lisbon for a performance of Mozart’s Eine kleine Nachtmusik

The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022

Australia fast-tracked visas for Afghan army officers after warning of negative publicity, documents show

Briefing to Peter Dutton five days after fall of Kabul reveals department’s concern over Afghan officers who had studied in Australia

The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2022

The Taliban is holding girls' education hostage in Afghanistan – the question is, why?

Afghan children and teenagers have not had much to look forward to since the Taliban took power in August last year. They have endured six months of uncertainty, anxiety and fear as they waited to see what Taliban rule would bring for them.

The Conversation · Mar 28, 2022

Taliban hard-liners turning back the clock in Afghanistan

Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts over the past days that hark back to their harsh rule from the late 1990s

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2022

Taliban bars government employees without beards from work

Afghanistan's Taliban has instructed all government employees to wear a beard and adhere to a dress code or risk being fired, three sources told Reuters, the latest of several new restrictions imposed by the hardline Islamist administration.

Reuters · Mar 28, 2022

UN Security Council Asks Taliban to Allow Afghan Girls to Attend School

The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group to reopen schools for female students without delay. "The members of the Security Council ...

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 28, 2022

Taliban forbid Afghan women from catching flights without male relatives in return to hardline laws

Officials from Afghanistan's Ariana Afghan airlines and Kam Air say the Taliban have ordered them to stop boarding women if they are travelling alone, as female students also remain locked out of secondary schools.

ABC News · Mar 28, 2022

Taliban ban BBC's local language services in Afghanistan - broadcaster

The Taliban have banned BBC television news in three main languages of Afghanistan from being broadcast, the British news organisation said.

Reuters · Mar 28, 2022