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UN chief: former Kyrgyzstan president to head Afghan mission
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFormer Kyrgyzstan president Roza Otunbayeva has been appointed as the new U.N. special envoy for crisis-stricken Afghanistan, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced late Friday. Otunbayeva ...
UN special envoy calls for more direct engagement with Taliban regime in Afghanistan
The Independent via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe United Nations Security Council should have more “direct engagement” with the Taliban regime...
UN warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible'
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe U.N. envoy for Afghanistan warned the country's Taliban rulers Wednesday that international...
UN refuses Taliban’s suggestion to replace women staff with men in Afghanistan: ‘We are steadfast’
The Independent UK via AOL· 11 months agoThe United Nations will neither replace its female staff in Afghanistan with men nor endanger their...
Taliban official says Afghan girls of all ages permitted to study in religious schools
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAfghan girls of all ages are permitted to study in religious schools, which are traditionally...
Afghan women accuse UN envoy of normalising Taliban education ban in open letter
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOver 70 Afghan women have written an open letter to United Nations chief Antonio Guterres against...
U.N. chief appoints former Kyrgyzstan president as Afghanistan envoy
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoUNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday appointed a former president of Kyrgyzstan as his new special envoy for Afghanistan. Roza Otunbayeva, who also served ...
'All Or No One': In Afghanistan, A Woman Is Painting Walls To Protest University Ban
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 1 year agoZahra, an activist for women's rights who spray-paints messages of resistance on the streets of...
UN urges access to education for all Afghan girls and women
dpa international via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe United Nations in Afghanistan on Wednesday urged the Taliban authorities to let all Afghan women...
Afghan schoolgirls are finishing 6th grade in tears. Under Taliban rule, their education is over.
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 months agoKABUL, Afghanistan — Bahara Rustam, 13, took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul on Dec. 11...
