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Four Afghan women threatened by the Taliban and exiled in neighbouring Pakistan arrive at Roissy airport in Paris, several months after fleeing the Taliban regime that regained power in Afghanistan in the summer of 2021. IMAGES
Afghan women protest in Kabul, defying a dissent crackdown to voice opposition to foreign nations formally recognising the Taliban government. Ahead of a United Nations-convened international meeting on Afghanistan in Doha next week, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said diplomats could discuss "baby steps" that could put the Taliban government on the path to recognition, albeit with conditions attached. But Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for secretary-general Antonio Guterres, on Wednesday stressed that Mohammed "was not in any way implying that anyone else but member states have the authority for recognition" of Afghanistan's government. IMAGES
Women gather near a university in Kabul as the Tablian bans them from university education. The ban has provoked condemnation from the United States and the United Nations over another assault on human rights. IMAGES
Girls are seen entering a school in the Afghan capital Wednesday. This comes after Taliban authorities announced the reopening of secondary schools, more than seven months after seizing power and imposing harsh restrictions on the rights of women to be educated. IMAGES
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Sep 19 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Stringer) Dozens of Afghan singers and musicians have fled the country to neighbouring Pakistan in fear of retaliation by the Taliban, which considers music 'unIslamic'. The Taliban banned music when they ruled the country between 1996 and 2001 and decreed women to stay home based on their strict interpretation of Islamic law.FOOTAGE OF MUSICIANS IN KANDAHAR.
Kabul, Sep 3 (EFE/EPA).- Afghan women took to the streets of Kabul Friday to demand their rights be protected under Taliban rule.The Taliban said Friday that the announcement of the new government will take longer although consultations over the issue between the Islamist group and other parties had been concluded.The statement comes amid speculations of the announcement coming on Friday following the afternoon prayers.(Camera: STRINGER)SHOT LIST: WOMEN PROTEST IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.