The silent suffering of women denied access to exercise
Zahra's high blood pressure and dyspnea – that took two years to get under control – are back. With women...
Taliban violently disperse Herat women’s demonstration against university ban
Herat university students were protesting Saturday morning against the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education while they were violently beaten and...
Taliban warn Mazar-e-Sharif residents not to protest against the university closure
Mullahs and Imams of several mosques in Mazar-e-Sharif city of northern Balkh province asked the city’s residents not to participate...
Taliban publicly flog 48 people including seven women in two provinces
Taliban publicly whipped 48 people, including seven women, accused of moral crimes, robbery, embezzlement, drug trafficking, and sodomy at sports...
Taliban disperse and detain women protesters in Kabul
University students were protesting Thursday morning against the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education across the country when they were violently...
‘Being a girl is a heavy crime’: Afghan women in despair over university ban
It was late evening in Kabul, and Sabra*, a fourth-year medical student, saw a WhatsApp message appear on her phone....
Twelve people including a woman publicly whipped in Helmand
The Taliban publicly flogged 12 people, including a woman, accused of theft and adultery in Nad Ali district of Helmand...
No justice for women seeking protection in Taliban courts
“You are a woman, we will put you in the prison,” Nasima, 27, says the Taliban forces told her in...
The Taliban’s defining feature is also their most important tool: violence
Harsh public displays of corporeal punishment are back in Afghanistan. The Taliban’s determination to deliberately inflict suffering, which becomes a...
Twenty seven people, including two women, publicly lashed in Zabul and Helmand provinces
The Taliban publicly flogged 27 people, including two women, accused of robbery, adultery, sodomy, and running away from home in...
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