US aid cut leave 80 Afghan women stranded in Oman, fearing return to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan
Sunday, 9 March 2025 More than 80 Afghan women studying in Oman face imminent deportation after the Trump administration cut funding for their USAID scholarships. These women, barred from higher education by the Taliban, had fled Afghanistan seeking safety. They fear severe repercussions upon return, including forced marriage and targeted violence. They urgently seek international intervention for protection and financial assistance.
The women of Afghanistan are being persecuted under Taliban rule, but they're not standing down. Filmmaker Tamana Ayazi chronicles the harrowing reality of one women's rights advocate -- Zarifa Ghafari, Afghanistan's youngest female mayor -- in her documentary "In Her Hands." In conversation with...
Until Taliban authorities took power in Afghanistan, women like Fatima were able to freely sell their hair to be made into wigs, bringing in crucial cash. Last year Taliban authorities imposed vice and..
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Over 80 Afghan women, who fled to Oman for higher studies under USAID scholarships, face forced return to Afghanistan due to cuts in foreign aid under Trump's... DNA
Sunday, 9 March 2025
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