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Afghanistan
Afghans who arrived in US 15 March 2022-20 September 2022 get temporary legal status from Biden administration: some 14,600 Afghan migrants affected — ground.news main source: AP, 18 media reports — 21 September 2023 (LINK)
Swiss NGO IAM says 18 staff members detained in Afghanistan — ground.news: 35 media reports — 16 September 2023 (LINK)
Weaponization of the U.S. financial system contributed to Afghanistan's collapse — www.justsecurity.org — 31 August 2023 (LINK)
Afghan women demand education rights in UN appeal — ground.news 1 main source: afp , 13 media reports — 16 August 2023 (LINK)
The Taliban believe their rule is open-ended and don't plan to lift the ban on female education — interview marking second anniversary of takeover — ground.news 1 main source: apnews, 41 media reports — 15 August 2023 (LINK)
UNAMA says Taliban have further increased restrictions on Afghan women and girls — ground.news: 34 media reports — 17 July 2023 (LINK)
— The Ministry of Public Health has declared that only males can take exams for specialized medical studies, following previous bans on female medical students taking graduation exams and women attending universities. The Taliban has also enforced limitations on women's freedom of movement and employment, with instances of arrests, interrogations, and license suspensions of NGOs employing female staff. There have been reports of physical violence as well.
Afghan fund stuck in catharsis amid dire humanitarian crisis — genevasolutions.news — 5 July 2023 (LINK)
— Nearly a year after it was established, the operation of a Geneva-registered fund appears frozen in time waiting for political conditions to shift so that billions of dollars may be returned to Afghanistan's central bank. In June, Ocha revised down its annual budget for Afghanistan from $4.6 billion to $3.2bn due to the restrictions on female workers. For many, the issue at stake is the fate of the $3.5bn Afghan Fund, established in September and managed by four trustees to enable the recapitalisation of the DAB. Officially called the Fund for the Afghan People, its statutes define its purpose as to "receive, protect, disburse assets for the benefit of the Afghan people, including for foreign exchange rate and price stabilisation objectives in Afghanistan". On 26 June, as the fund met for the third time according to one board member.
U.K. Special Forces at centre of Afghanistan war crimes inquiry, MoD confirms — ground.news: 12 media reports — 5 July 2023 (LINK)
Taliban bans women's beauty salons in Afghanistan — ground.news: 108 media reports — 4 July 2023 (LINK)
Inside Geneva: what now for women in Afghanistan? (podcast) — www.swissinfo.ch — 27 June 2023 (LINK)
After Taliban bans opium, a guilt-racked commander winks at harvest — www.washingtonpost ● — 25 June 2023 (LINK)
— Since seizing power again in 2021, Taliban leaders pledged once more to strictly crack down on narcotics production and trade. The move was interpreted by analysts as an attempt by the diplomatically isolated group to burnish its image as a responsible government. Since April, the start of the first harvest season since the ban was announced last year, eradication teams that have been deployed almost daily across the country have razed about 4,000 hectares (10,000 acres) of poppy fields.
That amounts to scant progress. In November, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimated that 233,000 hectares (575,000 acres) of opium were being cultivated in 2022, up 32 percent from a year prior. Opium sales generated $1.4 billion for Afghan farmers last year, worth nearly 30 percent of overall agricultural output, the U.N. agency calculated.
Taliban leader claims women are provided with a 'comfortable and prosperous life' in Afghanistan — ground.news: 33 media reports — 24 June 2023 (LINK)
Afghanistan mission chief to Taliban: Bans on women and girls cost you legitimacy at home and abroad — news.un.org — 21 June 2023 (LINK)
Afghanistan's 'gender apartheid' should be international crime: UN expert — afp / www.france24.com — 19 June 2023 (LINK)
UNICEF concerned by Taliban move to bar international groups from Afghan education sector — AP.com — 8 June 2023 (LINK)
Bombing in Afghanistan at memorial ceremony for Taliban official kills 11 people — ground.news: 35 media reports — 8 June 2023 (LINK)
Almost 80 schoolgirls poisoned, hospitalized in two separate attacks in northern Afghanistan — ground.news: 39 media reports — 4 June 2023 (LINK)
High-profile Australian soldier loses 'war crimes' defamation case over Afghanistan killings — ground.news: 70 media reports — 1 June 2023 (LINK)
Aid agency chief: Taliban say guidelines on female NGO staff resuming work close to finalization — ground.news: 16 media reports — 23 May 2023 (LINK)
UK rights group documents abuses since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan — ground.news: 34 reports — 18 May 2023 (LINK)
UN report: Female Afghan UN employees harassed, detained — ground.news: 8 media reports — 9 May 2023 (LINK)
Pakistan, Afghan Taliban agree to boost trade, lower tension — ground.news: 18 media reports — 8 May 2023 (LINK)
UNAMA: Corporal Punishment and the Death Penalty in Afghanistan — source — 7 May 2023 (LINK)
Update: UN secretary general Antonio Guterres pens a meeting with country envoys in Qatar for 1 and 2 May after the UN threatened to leave if the Taliban continued to ban Afghan women from working for its agencies. — genevasolutions — 1 May 2023 (LINK)
UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban to reverse bans on women — ground.news: 92 reports — 27 April 2023 (LINK)
Afghanistan has become a terrorism staging ground again, U.S. leak reveals — ground.news: 11 reports — 23 April 2023 (LINK)
UN chief to convene meeting to work on way forward on Afghanistan — reuters — 20 April 2023 (LINK)
Afghanistan: UN predicts restrictions on women's rights will worsen economic catastrophe — ground.news: 4 reports — 18 April 2023 (LINK)
Taliban close education centers in southern Afghanistan — ground.news: 17 reports — 17 April 2023 (LINK)
Afghanistan: UN forced to make 'appalling choice' following ban on women nationals — news.un.org — 11 April 2023 (LINK)
UN to review presence in Afghanistan following Taliban ban — ground.news: 49 reports — 11 April 2023 (LINK)
Afghan Women-Run Radio Resumes Broadcasts After Shutdown — ground.news: reports — 7 April 2023 (LINK)
U.S. review of chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal blames Trump — pbs — 6 April 2023 (LINK)
UN flags Taliban order to bar women workers countrywide, tells Afghan staff to stay home — ground.news: 48 reports — 4 April 2023 (LINK)
Taliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music during Ramadan — ground.news: 34 reports — 1 April 2023 (LINK)
U.N. says prominent Afghan girls' education advocate arrested in Kabul — ground.news: 9 reports — 28 March 2023 (LINK)
Suicide bomber kills 6 people near foreign ministry in Kabul — ground.news: 43 reports — 27 March 2023 (LINK)
Bomb kills 3, including Taliban-appointed provincial governor, in Afghanistan — ground.news: 47 reports — 9 March 2023 (LINK)
After the ban on women workers, what next for NGOs in Afghanistan? — devex — 30 January 2023 (LINK)
Taliban tells universities to block women from taking entrance exams — ap / cbc.ca — 28 January 2023 (LINK)
Top UN woman urges Muslims: Move Taliban into 21st century — AP — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
— Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, a former Nigerian Cabinet minister and a Muslim, said at a news conference that four Taliban ministers, including the foreign minister and a deputy prime minister, spoke "off one script" during meetings with her delegation last week.
She said the officials sought to stress things that they say they have done and not gotten recognition for — and what they called their effort to create an environment that protects women. "Their definition of protection would be, I would say, ours of oppression," Mohammed said.
Secret school in Kabul equips Afghan girls with psychological tools to cope with Taliban — cbc.ca — 25 January 2023 (LINK)
UN aid chief in Kabul seeking to reverse ban on Afghan women workers — AP — 24 January 2023 (LINK)
Afghanistan: Freezing weather kills at least 124 people — ground.news: 34 reports — 24 January 2023 (LINK)
Inside the UN's chaotic flight from Taliban takeover — devex — 24 January 2023 (LINK)
— "The United Nations' security response to the Taliban's lightning 2021 overthrow of the United States-backed Afghan government was plagued by poor planning and a breakdown in communication, exposing a fundamental lack of staff trust in the organization's ability to protect them at a time of extreme crisis."