Taliban arrest two women’s rights activists, whereabouts currently unknown
By Rukhshana Media The Taliban arrested two women’s rights activists on Wednesday after they marched at the front of a...
Human Rights Watch: Taliban suppressed women’s protest, using “Harsh Tactics”
By Rukhshana Media The Taliban are “using harsh tactics to crush Afghan women’s rights Protest,” Human Rights Watch said on...
Taliban rule is devastating for women and girls, new Human Rights report says
By Rukhshana Media "Taliban rule has had a devastating impact on Afghan women and girls," a new report by human...
Taliban are institutionalizing “systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls”: UN experts warn
By Rukhshana Media The Taliban are erasing women and girls from public life in Afghanistan, a group of UN human...
An earthquake in Badghis killed 22 people
By Rukhshana Media A powerful magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck the northwestern province of Badghis, killing 22 people, injuring four others,...
These women were looked down on when they worked in the army. Now they’ve been abandoned in a “dungeon”
By Laila Yousufy For nearly ten years, Major Sama* worked in the former Ministry of Defense in the Afghan capital...
The Taliban pepper-sprayed and beat the protesters calling for justice
By Rukhshana Media A group of women marched in the Afghan capital on Sunday, calling for justice for women killed...
Taliban checkpoint shot dead a young woman in Kabul
By Rukhshana Media A 25-year-old woman was shot dead by Taliban gunmen at a checkpoint in the Afghan capital, Kabul,...
Four months on, the director of women’s prison in Herat is still missing. Calls grow for her release
On September 29, the director of the women’s prison in the western city of Herat went missing. Now, her family...
“Afghans are caught between Taliban oppression and the spectre of starvation”: says Human Rights Watch
By Rukhshana Media The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has "accelerated the country's human rights crisis and humanitarian catastrophe," said the...
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