President Joe Biden announces the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan by September 11, rejecting any presence for a political resolution and stability.
The Biden administration is moving to reverse a Trump-era rule that defunded abortion providers.
A Trump-era rule banned health providers who received funding from Title X, the federal family planning program, from offering abortions or referring patients for abortions. The rule, which has been widely condemned by health care associations, also required clinics that received federal Title X funding physically separate from facilities that provide abortions. As a result of the rule, Planned Parenthood pulled out of the
Department of Health and Human Services has proposed regulations to undo the rule, which the agency said has âundermined the public health of the population the program is meant to serve.
Violence against civilians, especially women and children, has surged over the past year, according to UN statistics released on Wednesday, and Taliban control of the country is greater than at any point in the past two decades. The benefits of an ongoing foreign military presence in the country are unclear.
But a return to hardline Islamist rule could mean the rollback of one of the interventionâs least disputed achievements â the lifting of a Taliban prohibition of female education.
On Wednesday, Heydari and her friends were trying to absorb the news as they sat in a rickshaw by the university gates. âI have only one wish, and thatâs to finish my studies and of course work, but with the Taliban coming, I donât think Iâll reach it,â she said.
4 Apr 2021 - 09:18
KABUL (Pajhwok): Pece efforts on domestic and international levels and preperations for the upcoming Turkey Conference were underway last week but violence increased three times last week compared with the previous week.
Vital efforts taken for peace last week:
Talks underway in and outside the country on upcoming Turkey Conference
Some government and other sources expressed optimis for upcoming Turkey Conference
Different government institutions and some political parties have prepared strategies for the upcoming Turkey Conference
Gatherings in the support of peace held in six provinces but was prevented in Badakhshan
Civilian casualties were three times higher than in the previous week.
Meet Afghanistan s first and only female tour guide
The 23-year-old hopes to empower other Afghan women to stand up for their rights
Fatima Haidari Despite decades of brutal war Afghanistan has kept its unique beauty and there are so many historical sites to explore, Fatima Haidari says from her home in the historical city of Herat.
The 23-year-old has made her mark as Afghanistan’s first and only female tour guide, in a bid to empower other Afghan women to stand up for their rights, and to lift the veil on the beauty of their country.
In 2020, despite the added pressures of Covid-19, Fatima led her first group of tourists around Herat’s highlights for adventure tour operator Untamed Borders.