Afghanistan quake: ‘Communities are struggling with basic survival’

This article is published in association with United Nations. A senior UN aid coordination official in Afghanistan on Monday urged the international community to respond to earthquake victims’ urgent need for support “not only to survive today, but to have the strength to rebuild their lives tomorrow.” Briefing correspondents in New York via video link, Shannon […]

Afghanistan: Condemnation for new Taliban ‘virtue and vice’ order targeting women

This article is published in association with United Nations. A new morality law enacted by the Taliban in Afghanistan, cements policies that “completely erase” women’s presence in public, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday, calling for it to be immediately revoked. The “Law on the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice” […]

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