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...
Taliban raid YouTuber’s gathering in Kabul, arrest seven
Armed Taliban forces raided the home of Afghan YouTuber, Hatam Ali Selahshor, in Kabul on Monday December 5, arresting him...
Women’s Rights Activist Zarifa Yaqubi released
Zarifa Yaqubi, a women’s rights activist, who was arrested by the Taliban along with her four male colleagues six weeks...
Taliban restrictions push further into women’s privacy as random mobile phone checks increase
Nazanin no longer takes her phone with her when she leaves home. Ever since she was forced to handover her...
Teenage girl hangs herself to death in Panjshir
A 17-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging herself to death in Dare Abdullah Khel district of Panjshir province on Sunday,...
Rising number of women with university education seeking mental health support
At least a fifth of people who access mental health support from the Herat regional hospital are university educated women,...
Taliban publicly whip 33 people, including 10 women in three provinces
Taliban publicly flogged 33 people, including 10 women over charges of robbery, wrong testament, forgery, adultery, and selling drugs in...
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