![]() In November, Afghan women prevented from entering amusement parks in Kabul as the government announced restrictions on women being able to access public parks, Reuters reports.ĬNN’s Richard Roth and Niamh Kennedy contributed to this report."None of the issues registered represent a challenge to the freeness and fairness of the elections. They have also imposed limits on girls’ education, banning women from certain workplaces as they stripped away rights they had fought tirelessly for over the last two decades. Women in Afghanistan can no longer work in most sectors, require a male guardian for long-distance travel and have been ordered to cover their faces in public. The Taliban, which ruled over Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when the US-led invasion forced the group from power, have historically treated women as second-class citizens, subjecting them to violence, forced marriages and a near-invisible presence in the country.Īfter seizing power in Afghanistan last year, the Taliban attempted to project a more moderate image to gain international support.īut while it has has made numerous promises to the international community that it would protect the rights of women and girls, the Taliban has been doing the opposite, systematically clamping down on their rights and freedoms. US Ambassador Robert Wood, the alternate representative for special political affairs, earlier reiterated those criticisms, telling a United Nations’ Security Council briefing that the “Taliban cannot expect to be a legitimate member of the international community until they respect the rights of all Afghans, especially the human rights and fundamental freedoms of women and girls.” ![]() “With the implementation of this decree, half of the Afghan population will soon be unable to access education beyond primary school,” he said. The March closure of secondary schools to girls had a “significant impact” on US engagement with Taliban representatives, Price added. How one family's struggle illustrates problems with the program meant to help Afghans who helped the US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Crul) SrA Taylor Crul/US Air Force/Getty Images and allied civilian personnel from Afghanistan, and to evacuate Afghan allies safely. State Department in the departure of U.S. The Department of Defense is committed to supporting the U.S. and NATO troops withdrew from the country after 20 years of war. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Aug. The Pakistani Taliban are a separate group, but allied with the Afghan Taliban, who seized power more than a year ago as the U.S. Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, prepare to load qualified evacuees aboard a U.S. ![]() The Taliban’s recent decision, he said, will “have significant consequences for the Taliban and will further alienate the Taliban from the international community and deny them the legitimacy they desire.”Ī U.S. The US condemns “the Taliban’s indefensible decision to ban women from universities,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said during a Tuesday briefing. “The Taliban are making it clear every day that they don’t respect the fundamental rights of Afghans, especially women,” the rights watchdog said in a statement. The BBC made the announcement on Sunday, saying 'this is a worrying situation for the people of Afghanistan in a time of uncertainty and unrest.'
Tariq Kafala, head of languages at the BBC World Service, said more than 6 million Afghans use the BBC's 'free and fair journalism' and said it was important not to deny them access. BBC. Human Rights Watch criticized the ban on Tuesday, calling it a “shameful decision that violates the right to education for women and girls in Afghanistan.” Girls were barred from returning to secondary schools in March, after the Taliban ordered schools for girls to shut just hours after they were due to reopen following months long closures imposed after the Taliban takeover in August 2021. ![]() ![]() A letter published by the education ministry said the decision was made in a cabinet meeting and the order will go into effect immediately. The Taliban government has suspended university education for all female students in Afghanistan, the latest step in its brutal clampdown on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women.Ī spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Higher Education confirmed the suspension to CNN on Tuesday. ![]()
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