Afghan journalists oppose Taliban plan for ID cards
The Afghanistan Journalist Center (AfJC) says a Taliban proposal to issue ID cards to journalists is oppressive and illegal.
News
Women accused of adultery and desertion are being tortured in Taliban prisons
The Afghan Prosecutors Association has accused the Taliban of torturing women and girls accused of immoral conduct.
Nangarhar’s female journalists fear for their careers
Taliban restrictions on women’s work are now threatening to end the jobs of women trying to report on the problems.
Taliban burn musical instruments to prevent “music and corruption”
The Taliban says it has incinerated musical instruments it seized in recent months in Kabul city and some other provinces.
Taliban violently disperse beauty parlor protesters in Kabul
Two demonstrators, who asked not to be named, told Rukhshana Media that about 50 beauticians gathered in Shahr-e-Naw Kabul at...
Taliban opens religious school for girls banned from higher education
Up to 200 girls will be able to attend a new religious school named after the former Taliban supreme leader...
Taliban enforce ban on girls taking university entrance exam
The National Examinations Department has confirmed that only boys will be allowed to take this year’s national entrance exam known...
In less than a week, three women and one girl were killed or committed suicide across four provinces
A young woman has died after falling from the third floor of a building in the Qala Shada area of...
Kandahar woman’s death under investigation
A woman from the Aino Meena township in district eleven of Kandahar city is believed to have died by her...
The ban on beauty salons in Afghanistan sparks outrage
Beauticians have responded to the Taliban’s ban on beauty salons by saying that the Taliban “lock-up people's lives”.
Address: 1 The Sanctuary, London SW1P 3JT