Tag: Afghanistan
Taliban leader calls for “serious action”
In Afghanistan, the supreme leader of the Taliban on Friday asked the government, in a decree, to “take serious measures to ensure respect for the rights of women” in the…
US Special Envoy to Afghanistan Visits Qatar
US Special Envoy to Afghanistan Thomas West is traveling to Qatar next week to meet with the Taliban leaders. West told VOA that America is very concerned about the humanitarian…
“The Afghan with green eyes”, famous thanks to the photograph of Steve McCurry, refugee in Italy
Her portrait toured the world in the 1980s. The famous Afghan woman Sharbat Gula, immortalized by photographer Steve McCurry on the cover of “National Geographic” magazine, was evacuated to Italy.…