Taliban extorting street vendors under the guise of “preventing vices”
Rukhshana Media Since taking over the country, the Taliban have issued several decrees to implement the Taliban’s understanding of Sharia...
Taliban arrests two journalists in Kabul
Rukhshana Media On Monday, the Taliban have detained two journalists of a private television network in Kabul, a colleague and...
Afghan girls robotics team won second place in the global Innovation for Environmental Change 2021
By Rukhshana Media Months after being forced to leave Afghanistan, the Afghan girls' robotics team won second prize in an...
Taliban defends media crackdown
By Rukhshana Media Two days after Taliban gunmen cancelled a planned press conference by the Afghanistan Federation of Journalists and...
Taliban prohibits press conferences without their permission
By Zahra Nader The Afghanistan Federation of Journalists and Media said the Taliban cancelled their press conference on Wednesday and...
Taliban rule poses a severe threat to the LGBT Afghans, a new report warns
By Rukhshana Media In a new report released today, Human Rights Watch and OutRight Action International said the lives and...
“We will not give up,” women’s rights protesters vow in Kabul
By Rukhshana Media In an indoor protest on Tuesday in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a group of women called on...
“It is difficult to work as a journalist under a burqa in a gender-segregated environment,” say women journalists under Taliban
By Laila Yousufy Two weeks after the Taliban takeover, when more than 600 women journalists out of a total of...
Human Rights Watch: Taliban want to “eradicate critical women’s voices”
By Rukhshana Media Days after the Taliban arrested women activists in the Afghan capital, Human Rights Watch said on Monday,...
UN called on the Taliban to ensure the release of women activists “abducted
By Rukhshana Media The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called on the Taliban to ensure the release of...
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