日: 2025-01-13

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The Taliban made me marry my boss: how one word led to a forced marriage

Afghanistan’s ‘morality police’ arrested Samira at work in Kabul – and then made the 19-year-old marry her employerIt was a normal summer morning in July last year when 19-year-old Samira* made her way to the carpet-weaving shop where she worked in Kab…

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AfghanistanHuman rightsMalala YousafzaiTalibanWomen's rights and gender equalityWorld news

Malala Yousafzai urges Muslim leaders not to support Taliban ‘gender apartheid’ – video

Speaking at an inaugural conference on girls’ education in the Muslim world, Malala Yousafzai decried the state of women’s and girls’ rights in Afghanistan as ‘gender apartheid’. The conference in Islamabad brought together local and international advo…

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Ukraine’s capture of North Koreans offers rare insight into Russian alliance, says Zelenskyy

Kyiv keen to emphasise that Ukraine is fighting an unprecedented coalition of malign autocratic states Ukraine’s capture of two North Korean soldiers on the battlefield has provided a rare glimpse into their role and Pyongyang’s participation in the Ru…

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