Afghan athletes call on world famous footballers Ronaldo and Messi to champion women’s rights
Athletes from Afghanistan are calling on football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi to support the rights of women and...
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War widows say the Taliban has ceased pension payments to families of soldiers who served former Afghan government
Several widows of former Afghan National Security Forces members say Nangarhar province’s Department for Martyrs and Disabled Affairs has stopped...
Woman and child among the dead in attack on Shia mosque in Herat
An armed assault on a Shia mosque in Herat province has killed at least five people, including a woman and...
Taliban detains radio journalists for broadcasting music and taking female listeners phone calls
The Taliban's Vice and Virtue police have detained three journalists in Khost province for broadcasting music and engaging with female...
Hope for girls education ends as Taliban force education centers to sign commitments against teaching high school girls
The Taliban-run Ministry of Education has forced education officials to sign commitments that they will not teach girls above grade...
Taliban shuts down two TV stations over alleged violations of Islamic values
The shutdown by the department’s Media Violation Commission is only temporary, Bakhtar reported. Ostensibly until the problems are corrected.
Two Afghan women’s rights activists receive Kosovo’s Presidential Medal of Merit
Two Afghan women have been awarded Kosovo’s Presidential Medal of Merit for their fight for human rights at an international...
Women’s rights activist Manizha Sediqi released after seven months of Taliban detention
Afghan women’s rights activist Manizha Sediqi has been released from prison under an Eid al-Fitr amnesty decree from the Taliban...
Rukhshana Media reporter among joint winners of Afghanistan Journalist of the Year 2024
The Afghanistan Journalists Centre (AfJC) has jointly awarded five journalists its highest honor of Journalist of the Year for 2024,...
Taliban publicly flog nine people in Khost and Faryab
Nine people have been punished by flogging after being found guilty of various crimes in Taliban courts, the Taliban Supreme...
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