Canada should fly vulnerable Afghans directly here, do checks after: advocate
Fresh calls to help more Afghans flee the Taliban have emerged in the last week, following the killing of former Afghan MP Mursal Nabizada.
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UN says Taliban split on restoring Afghan women’s rights after delegation visit
Some Taliban officials who met with a U.N. team this week were more open to restoring women’s rights but others were clearly opposed, a U.N. spokesman said.
The Women of Afghanistan Won’t Be Silenced Anymore
The liberation of women in Afghanistan is a human rights imperative, write Homeira Qaderi and Zaman Staniza.
‘Horrific crime’: Canada condemns killing of former Afghan female MP Nabizada
‘We condemn the murder of Mursal Nabizada, a former Afghan parliamentarian, who bravely fought for the rights of women and girls,’ the statement read.
Twitter ‘verified’ check marks bought by Taliban appear to have been removed
Afghanistan’s hardline Islamist rulers had never carried a verification tick mark before the launch of Twitter BlueTwitter account verifications bought by the Taliban appear to have been removed, after many expressed outrage that the social media platf…
Critics ‘dismayed’ over Ottawa’s plans to install plaque praising Afghan evacuation
The memorandum says deputy ministers held a June 2022 discussion that included an event to commemorate the Afghanistan evacuation, but it doesn’t say who came up with the idea.
UK government urged to honour pledge to Afghan refugees’ families
Exclusive: Charities and activists call on PM to follow through on pledge to allow families to resettle in UK More than 100 charities and activists are calling on the prime minister to facilitate the resettlement of family members of thousands of Afgha…
MPs urge Ottawa to help women lawmakers flee Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
Six Canadian MPs say the situation in Afghanistan is more dangerous by the day and the Taliban are controlling women with a “brutal gender apartheid system.”
Former Afghan Lawmaker Shot Dead at Her Home in Kabul
The legislator, Mursal Nabizada, was one of a few female parliamentarians who remained in the country after the Western-backed government collapsed and the Taliban seized power.
Tributes, outrage after former Afghan female MP Mursal Nabizada shot dead
Police said an investigation was underway after the former Afghan female lawmaker was shot and killed by gunmen in her home in the capital of Kabul.