Nearly 60 people dead and injured in Nuristan landslide
A landslide has killed at least 28 people and left another 30 people injured in the Noorgaram district of Nuristan...
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Child labor and hunger increase in Laghman province
Child labour has increased in Laghman province with families forced to rely on the income of their children as economic...
Herat art exhibition abides by strict gender segregation rules
An art exhibition in Herat has opened with strict gender segregation applying to the days that women are allowed to...
Taliban official says women’s rights are what the Taliban has defined for them
A senior Taliban official says that women’s rights are the rights given to them by the Islamic Emirate - the...
Two women killed in an alleged murder and a suicide in Faryab province
Two young women have violently died in separate incidents of alleged murder and suicide in northern Faryab province, local sources...
A teenager allegedly hung herself to avoid marriage in Faryab
A teenage girl has allegedly died by hanging herself in northern Faryab province after her father accepted a marriage offer on her...
Mother begs for daughter’s freedom as Taliban violently detain both over ‘improper hijab’, despite pair being modestly dressed
Women and girls in Afghanistan are being violently harassed and imprisoned without charge by Taliban forces in an ongoing campaign...
Hundreds of teachers remain unemployed in Nangarhar since Taliban forced girls’ schools closed
Around 800 Nangarhar teachers have lost their jobs since the Taliban banned girls’ education above grade six, according to a...
Taliban checks security camera surveillance to police women’s behaviour at Herat shopping centre
The Taliban’s ‘morality police’ are regularly inspecting CCTV cameras in women-owned businesses in Herat city to enforce strict hijab requirements,...
Taliban’s “improper hijab” crackdown spreads to Balkh province as three women arrested in Mazar-e-Sharif
At least three women have been arrested in recent days in Mazar-i-Sharif city for “improper hijab”, according to local sources.
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