Taliban enforcing restrictions on single and unaccompanied Afghan women – UN
Harsh measures have been introduced since the Taliban regained power.
Tag: Afghanistan
Government ‘risking’ lives of LGBT+ Afghans as violence intensifies
"The chances of survival for LGBT+ Afghans is getting slimmer with each passing day."
Just 22 fleeing Afghans have been resettled under government scheme
A pledge had been made to take up to 20,000 Afghan refugees under what the Home Office claimed would be “one of the most generous” resettlement schemes in the UK’s history.
Figures show number of people who worked at British embassy in Afghanistan who remain in country
“It is a deeply inhumane way to treat a body of staff entrusted to keep British ministers and civil servants safe.”
Taliban orders women in Afghanistan to wear burka in public and only leave the home when necessary
Failure to comply could mean that their male relatives face prison for 'women's dress code violations'.
Pen Farthing’s dogs saved from Kabul in ‘direct trade-off’ with refugees, says whistleblower
Some of those left behind in Afghanistan were killed by the Taliban, a Foreign Office whistleblower said.
‘Honest mistake:’ US airstrike killed 7 children & 3 adults in Afghanistan
For days after the strike, Pentagon officials asserted that it had been conducted correctly, despite mounting reports that multiple civilians and children had died and growing doubts that the car contained explosives.
Boris ‘will shift heaven and earth’ Johnson delegates first global meeting on Afghan crisis
The PM was holidaying in a £25,000-a-week villa owned by Tory Minister and peer Zac Goldsmith.
Female employees for Kabul city government told to stay at home
Work is only allowed for those who cannot be replaced by men, the interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital said, detailing the latest restrictions on women by the new Taliban rulers.