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Top UN female envoys meet Taliban in Kabul to discuss ban on women aid workers

CNN — Some of the United Nations’ most senior female officials have been meeting Taliban leaders in Kabul to discuss the ban on female aid workers, as Afghanistan battles famine and poverty. In December the Taliban ordered all local and international non-governmental organizations to stop their female employees from coming to work or risk having their NGO licenses revoked. At …

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Egypt Independent January 20, 2023

Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada shot dead at her home in Kabul

Former Afghan lawmaker Mursal Nabizada and her security guard were shot dead her home in Kabul early Sunday morning, according to Kabul police. Nabizada represented Kabul in Afghanistan’s parliament from 2019 until the government was deposed by the Taliban in August 2021. She was one of the few female former lawmakers who remained in Afghanistan …

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Egypt Independent January 17, 2023

Women stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul

Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul Wednesday after the Taliban’s morality ministry said that there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks. A spokesperson for the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (MPVPV) confirmed that women would be restricted from accessing parks when asked for …

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Egypt Independent November 12, 2022

Two Russian embassy staff killed in Kabul suicide blast

(CNN) – Two Russian embassy employees in Kabul were killed in a suicide blast near the embassy on Monday, the Russian foreign ministry said. “An unknown militant set off an explosive device. As a result of the attack, two employees of the diplomatic mission were killed,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that “there …

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Egypt Independent September 6, 2022

Kabul mosque explosion kills 21, injures dozens, police say

(CNN) – An explosion that erupted inside a mosque during evening prayers in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday killed 21 people and injured 33 others, according to a spokesperson for the Kabul police chief. Security forces were investigating the incident in the city’s police district 17, the spokesperson added. Health care organization Emergency said it treated …

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Egypt Independent August 21, 2022