Mother dies by hanging in Ghazni as two teenage girls end their lives in Faryab
A young female nurse and mother of two children has died after she was found hanging inside her home in...
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Educational centers reopening for girls in Herat under strict gender-segregation rules
Educational centers in Herat province that have strict gender segregation plans in place are tentatively resuming classes for girls and...
Two women burn pictures of Taliban leaders in front of a school to protest education ban
Two female protesters have filmed themselves burning photos of prominent members of the Taliban in front of a Kabul school...
Taliban detains media directors and journalist in Khost
Three media directors and a journalist have been detained by the local administration of the Taliban's Vice and Virtue police...
AIHRC and UN call for Taliban to end use of corporeal and extreme punishment
The exiled Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and the United Nations are calling on the Taliban to cease the...
Family of Kaaj victim honors daughter’s memory with new library
The family of Fereshta Nawruzi, a victim of the horrific Kaaj educational center suicide bombing last year, has established the...
Kandahar Taliban forbid women from visiting health clinics and graveyards
Taliban authorities in Kandahar province have ordered all the departments of their de facto administration to prevent girls and women...
Afghanistan’s media struggling to survive under harsh restrictions of Taliban’s de facto government
On World Press Freedom Day, the dire state of media freedom in Afghanistan has come under focus as journalists and...
Afghan women stage Kabul protest to boycott Doha meeting on Afghanistan
Members of Afghan women's protest movements took to the streets of Kabul today, in response to the United Nations' stance...
Afghan women pen open letter to the UN calling for retraction of Amina Mohammed’s comments on Taliban recognition
A group of civil society and human rights activists, as well as protesting women, have written an open letter to...
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