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UN envoy tells of serious concern at Taliban’s ‘erasure of women’ | Taliban News

The United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the deteriorating situation in the country

At least 11 killed in a series of separate explosions that hit a mosque in Kabul and vehicles in northern

The United Nations Security Council expressed ‘deep concern’ over the Taliban order forcing women to cover their faces in public,

Mahira* has become a familiar face on Afghan television, as viewers tune in every night to watch her present the

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have started to enforce a new order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to

US special envoy on Afghanistan stresses international opposition to Taliban’s treatment of women and girls. The US special envoy on

Television channel says Taliban order for female presenters to cover their faces is ‘not up for discussion’. Taliban authorities in

The Pakistani group – known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – is separate but allied with Afghanistan’s Taliban, which seized power

The withdrawal of US forces and military contractors last year has been touted as “the single most important factor” in

Men and women are not allowed to dine out together, or to visit public parks on the same day, a