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Special Afghan women’s rights should be an issue for the Muslim world, says Pakistani FM

Afghan women’s rights should be an issue for the Muslim world, says Pakistani FM

  • Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari told Arab News ‘Islam is what first gave women their rights; Islam is what guarantees women their rights’
  • He is the son of Benazir Bhutto, who was the first woman to lead a democratic government in a Muslim-majority country
By Ephrem Kossaify ·
Former Afghan MP: Taliban is a ‘gender apartheid’ regime

Former Afghan MP: Taliban is a ‘gender apartheid’ regime

By AP ·
Inside Afghanistan’s secret schools, where girls defy the Taliban

Inside Afghanistan’s secret schools, where girls defy the Taliban

By AFP ·
Taliban education policies risk de facto university ban for Afghan women, say officials

Taliban education policies risk de facto university ban for Afghan women, say officials

By Arab News ·
Special Indonesia to focus Afghan aid on women’s empowerment

Indonesia to focus Afghan aid on women’s empowerment

By Sheany Yasuko Lai ·
US appoints envoy to defend Afghan women’s rights

US appoints envoy to defend Afghan women’s rights

By AFP ·
Afghan female youth soccer players reach Pakistan, will seek asylum in third countries

Afghan female youth soccer players reach Pakistan, will seek asylum in third countries

By Reuters ·
Taliban special forces bring abrupt end to women’s protest

Taliban special forces bring abrupt end to women’s protest

By AP ·
Hunted by the men they jailed, Afghanistan’s women judges seek escape

Hunted by the men they jailed, Afghanistan’s women judges seek escape

By Reuters ·
Special Afghan women take part in a gathering at a hall in Kabul on August 2, 2021 against the claimed human rights violations on women by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. (AFP) video

Afghanistan’s women and minorities learning to live with tension and uncertainty

By Rebecca Anne Proctor ·
Helmand library opens new chapter for Afghan women

Helmand library opens new chapter for Afghan women

By Sayed Salahuddin ·
Special In a rare victory for Afghan women, Kabul to include mothers’ name on IDs

In a rare victory for Afghan women, Kabul to include mothers’ name on IDs

By Sayed Salahuddin ·
Special Attempted murder of Afghan woman negotiator work of ‘peace spoilers’

Attempted murder of Afghan woman negotiator work of ‘peace spoilers’

By Sayed Salahuddin ·

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