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          Taliban security personnel in Khash district, Badakhshan province, north-east Afghanistan. AFP

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          AsiaSeptember 08, 2024
          Women walk along a street in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. AFP

          UN Security Council condemns Taliban's morality law targeting Afghan women

          NewsSeptember 06, 2024
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          Shadi's take on Afghan women using music and poetry to protest the Taliban's silence law

          CartoonSeptember 03, 2024
          Junior doctors hold posters during a protest to demand the resignation of a city police commissioner and condemn the rape and murder of a medic, in Kolkata on September 2, 2024. AFP

          India's West Bengal state proposes death penalty for rape after doctor's murder

          AsiaSeptember 03, 2024
          Afghan activist Taiba Sulaimani sings while putting on her headscarf, in a video she posted on Twitter to protest against the Taliban's new law requiring women to be silent in public.

          Afghan women turn to music and poetry to raise voices against Taliban's silence law

          AsiaSeptember 03, 2024
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          Afghan women shop for clothes at a roadside stall in Kabul. The Taliban has enforced stricter dress codes and other restrictions on women. EPA

          Afghan women despair at new Taliban law tightening curbs on them

          AsiaAugust 24, 2024
          Taliban security forces celebrate the third anniversary of the group's takeover of Afghanistan, in Kabul. AFP

          Five repressive measures imposed on Afghanistan since Taliban takeover

          MENAAugust 23, 2024
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          Taliban's new laws restrict women's clothing, men's appearance and media

          NewsAugust 23, 2024
          Medical students from Afghanistan attend a reception at Queen Elizabeth House, Edinburgh. They are banned from education under the Taliban and will complete their degrees in Scotland. PA

          Nineteen Afghan women to study in Scotland to defy Taliban education ban

          UKAugust 20, 2024
          Sudanese women plant seeds on the outskirts of the city of Gedaref. The Security Council voted to terminate a political mission in Sudan after a request from the country's acting foreign minister. AFP

          Ending peacekeeping and political missions puts women at risk, UN members say

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          Recruitment drive for Saudi women to join major defence firm

          UKJuly 27, 2024
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