Two more arrested in Afghan media crackdown
The Taliban say they have arrested two people in Afghanistan for dubbing foreign television series for payment in violation of...
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Taliban arrest dozens of young Afghan women over hijab rules
Dozens of young women were detained in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday and taken into custody in an unknown...
ICC issues warrant for Taliban’s supreme leader for persecution of women
The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for the persecution...
Taliban arrest Afghan media workers over promotion of feminism
The Taliban say they have arrested two employees of an Afghan cultural organisation that makes short films about life in...
Taliban publicly whip 116 people, including 22 women, over five weeks
Over the past five weeks, the Taliban have publicly whipped at least 86 individuals, including 22 women, across various provinces...
Nobel laureate Malala accuses Taliban of ‘Gender Apartheid’
Nobel peace laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai has condemned the Taliban’s treatment of women in Afghanistan as “gender apartheid”, saying...
Ghor woman sets herself on fire in bid to escape alleged forced marriage
A young woman has died after setting herself on fire in Taywara district of Ghor province in an alleged attempt...
UNAMA is engaging with ‘all stakeholders’ in a bid to advance on new Afghanistan roadmap to resolve crises
The United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) presented a strategy at a Doha meeting in February, aimed at helping...
Taliban publicly execute four men in separate murder cases
The Taliban have publicly executed two men in Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Badghis province, another man in Nimruz province, and...
Taliban bans women’s voices on Kandahar radio, tightens media restrictions
Taliban authorities in Kandahar have introduced new restrictions for local radio stations, including a total ban on women's voices, according...
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