Taliban urges Shia scholars to promote stricter hijabs among Shia women
The administration of the Taliban's appeals court in Balkh province has met with local Shia scholars to impress upon them...
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Taliban attempts to cast its ban on women working for UN as an “internal” matter and refuses any responsibility for Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis
The Taliban have responded to the suspension of United Nations offices in Afghanistan by calling the prohibition of women's work...
Afghan journalists appeal to UN for free speech support in open letter signed by 600
The Afghanistan Journalists Support Organization (AJSO) has addressed the United Nations (UN) Secretary General in an open letter, outlining the...
Women’s rights groups call for humanitarian organisations to cease operations in Afghanistan to pressure the Taliban to reinstate women’s right to work
Afghan women's rights activists and protestors, calling themselves Coalition of Women’s Protest Movement, held a press conference Monday to condemn...
Sar-e Pol teenager commits suicide over forced marriage
A 15-year-old girl has committed suicide because she was allegedly forced to get engaged against her will, local sources in...
Taliban plan central database to register all journalists but critics say it might curtail media freedoms even more
All journalists and media workers operating in Afghanistan will be registered in a central database with the Taliban’s Ministry of...
AIHRC: Taliban holds multiple human rights defenders without charge
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said in a statement released April 1 that the fate is still unknown of civil...
A girl’s school in Faryab province destroyed in suspicious fire
A girls' school in Faryab province's Andkhoy district has caught fire and at least eight classrooms were completely destroyed in...
Badakhshan’s only female-led radio station forced to stop broadcasting
The Taliban's department of information and culture in Badakhshan province has forced a radio station to cease broadcasts allegedly for...
Kabul women protesters released
Three women who were detained Sunday morning in Kabul during a protest for women's rights have been released from prison,...
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