The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Friday called on the Taliban to change its policies towards women in a statement issued to mark International Women’s Day. “The United Nations in Afghanistan is urging the country’s de facto authorities to end restrictions on women and girls or else risk further pushing the country into deeper poverty and isolation,” UNAMA said in a statement issued on its website. “The space for Afghan women and girls continues to shrink at an alarming pace, and with it Afghanistan’s future prospects to escape a vicious cycle of war, poverty and isolation,” …