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Reopening schools for girls our responsibility, not world pressure: Taliban
The remarks were made by Acting Minister Maulaee Noorullah Muneer during his meeting with Deborah Lyons, the UN General-Secretary's special representative to Afghanistan, here on Thursday, Khaama Press reported. Muneer said that getting an education is the right of girls and the Taliban government has the responsibility to provide it. Taliban officials have announced that higher schools for girls and public universities for boys and girls will be reopened in the next educational year that begins in March.
Half a million Afghans unemployed since Taliban takeover
In an assessment report released on Wednesday, the ILO warned of increasing unemployment in the country, adding that if the current trend of unemployment continues then some 900,000 people will lose their jobs by mid-2022, reports TOLO News.
Do not seek revenge on previous officials: Sarajudin Haqqani to Taliban commanders
Anyone who seeks revenge spoils the current system which is not acceptable, said Haqqani while speaking at a capacity-building conference of Kabul police districts commanders, The Khaama Press News Agency reported. He further said that he met the previous leaders and officials who have assured him that no one will harm them unless they commit a crime.
Pakistan's Headache - Protege Taliban
Two issues have created a chasm between the Taliban rulers in Kabul and the GHQ in Rawalpindi which rules Pakistan through their 'selected' civilian proxies in Islamabad. One, Pakistan wants Taliban to take stern action against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – the bad terrorists so that they are eliminated. Two, Pakistan wants Kabul to rein in the Afghan Pashtuns, who are objecting to the fencing of the 2500 km-long de-facto border, the Durand Line.
Displaced Afghans selling kidneys, children to survive
The displaced families escaped heavy conflict between the Islamic Emirate and former government forces before the fall of the republican government in the northern provinces of Balkh, Sar-e-Pul, Faryab and Jawzjan. A charity committee is helping displaced families with food and cash aid in order to dissuade them from selling their children and kidneys.
Taliban warns of consequences if choppers, planes not returned by Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Speaking at a gathering of Afghan pilots and personnel of the Afghan Air Force, Yakoob Mujahid said that the planes and choppers that were flown out to the neighbouring countries by Afghan pilots after August 15 are the possession of Afghanistan thus they should be returned.
Taliban to resume hiring govt employees, excluding women
Addressing mediapersons here on Monday, officials of the Taliban's Administrative Reform Commission said that they will recruit civil servants through open competition, Khaama Press reported.
Taliban bans women from coffee shops
Sheikh Azizi ur Rahman Al-Mohajer, the head of virtue and vice of the Taliban office in Herat, said from now on playing music and women and girls without a ‘mahram' (relative) are forbidden, the report said. Also, Women and girls without a close male relative accompanying them were banned from entering coffee shops in Afghanistan's Herat province, Raha Press reported.
Taliban shut down women's baths in Afghan province
As the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is taking root across the country, their restrictions, especially on women, are also increasing. The decision was taken unanimously by religious scholars and provincial officials of the Directorate of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the province. Based on the new decision, women can only take shower in private baths while observing Islamic hijab, not in general baths, the report said.
Taliban destroying graves of dead rivals
The Taliban have allegedly defiled monuments dedicated to figures who fought the group during its first stint in power in the 1990s. While the Taliban have denied responsibility for many of the incidents, allegations against the hard-line group have mounted, with Afghans accusing the militants of violating Islamic traditions that advocate respect for the dead.
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