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'Showing your face is a sin': Younger Afghan women ditch the burqa for the abaya
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...
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New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...
American detained by the Taliban in Afghanistan has been released
George Glezmann, a mechanic for Delta Air Lines, has left Kabul and is on his way back to the U.S., Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Taliban insist Afghan women’s rights are protected despite ongoing ban on education
Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, they have barred education for women and girls beyond sixth grade, ...
Afghans in Pakistan face 'intensified abusive tactics,' report says, as deportation deadline looms
A new report says that Afghan refugees are facing "intensified abusive tactics" in Pakistan amid ongoing pressure for ...
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New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa due to ‘design and colour’
Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban’s oppression of women. Since Taliban’s return ...
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New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (AFGHANISTAN) - Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.
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New generation of Afghan women shift from burqa
Stifling' - The burqa has long roots in Afghanistan. It was strictly enforced during the first Taliban government rule of Afghanistan, when women were lashed for failing to wear one in public.