Taliban accuses women in Herat city’s Al-Mahdi of inappropriate hijabs, threatens corporal punishment
Women in Al-Mahedi of Jabreil area, Herat city, are being physically threatened with whipping and detainment by the local morality...
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Taliban raids Bamyan educational center with female students, arrests director
The Taliban morality police have raided an educational center in Bamyan Province that was allowing girls to attend some classes...
Three women die in violent domestic incidents in three provinces
In the past day, a woman has been accidentally shot dead by her son in Badghis province, while a 30-year-old...
Three women killed by family members in Jawzjan and Sarpul provinces
A man has killed his mother in the early hours of Thursday morning by stabbing her and setting her on...
Three young women commit suicide in separate incidents in Badghis, Helmand, and Sarpul provinces
At least three young women have reportedly committed suicide in the past two days in three different provinces of Afghanistan,...
Afghanistan’s radio industry halves since August 2021
Almost half of Afghanistan’s radio stations have ceased to operate since the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021,...
Women’s rights protestors unlawfully detained and beaten in Kabul and Takhar provinces
An Afghan women’s rights activist has been detained in Kabul without any information on her whereabouts from Taliban authorities, as...
Women-run library for women opens in Bamyan
A women-only library has opened in Bamyan province after its founder secured financial backing from Barak Foundation, an Afghanistan-based NGO...
Six people flogged as punishment in Ghor
Six people, including a woman, have been whipped in western Ghor province after being accused of crimes including adultery, producing,...
Taliban orders female staff in Kabul hospitals to cover their faces and wear all black hijabs
All female doctors and health workers in Kabul have been ordered to wear the full hijab and cover their faces...
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