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Members of Afghanistan's Hazara ethnic minority march through Kabul to protest the killings of seven community members by Islamist militants. Julie Noce reports.
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
Around 20 women gather in Kabul to mark International Women's Day. "Use the international stages, this is the second March 8th under the Taliban governance," said one demonstrator, reading aloud a statement. Afghanistan under the Taliban government is the "most repressive country in the world" for women's rights, the United Nations said Wednesday, with authorities effectively trapping them in their homes. IMAGES
About 30 Afghan women protest in front of Kabul University after authorities expelled students from the dormitories allegedly for breaking rules. "For the crime of studying, for the crime of seeing, they expelled us from the university," protesters chant. IMAGES
New Delhi, Sep 16 (EFE/EPA).- UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has warned of “greater suffering, instability, and displacement” in Afghanistan as he concluded a three-day visit to the country on tenterhooks since the Islamist Taliban seized power in Kabul last month.At the end of his Afghan tour, Grandi appealed for urgent and sustained support for people in the country and for refugees who have fled abroad, the UN Refugee Agency said in a statement.“The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan remains desperate,” said Grandi. (Camera: HARISH TYAGI).SHOT LIST: AFGHAN REFUGEES RESIDING IN INDIA PROTEST AGAINST ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT OF PAKISTAN IN BACKING THE TALIBAN AS TALIBAN HAVE SEIZED POWER IN AFGHANISTAN, IN NEW DELHI, INDIA.
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