Woman allegedly hangs herself in Faryab province after forced marriage
A newlywed woman from Faryab province has been found dead in the bathroom of her home after allegedly hanging herself.
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Media in Kunduz ordered to send Taliban all content before publication
Morality police in eastern Afghanistan have ordered media in Kunduz province to send their reports to the Taliban before publication.
Three women dead in suspected domestic violence cases in Kapisa and Faryab
Two women have been killed allegedly by their husbands in separate incidents in Kapisa province, while a third married woman...
They were once defenders of human rights, and now they have no one to defend them: the lawyers who fled the Taliban’s Afghanistan
After a career dedicated to protecting vulnerable women in Afghanistan, former defense lawyer Fayeza Mansoori is struggling as a refugee...
‘Selling my books is like selling my dreams’: A Balkh schoolgirl’s desperate decision between hope and poverty as schools remain closed
Two teenage girls dressed in all-black hijabs with black face masks are carrying heavy plastic bags stuffed with books. They...
Herat girls’ hostel may become a religious school as Taliban expand school agenda
Fears are growing of the Taliban’s moves to expand extremist religious schools in Afghanistan, with more buildings allegedly being claimed...
Taliban publicly flog nine people including a woman in Zabul
Taliban authorities have publicly whipped nine people, including a woman, in Zabul province, the Taliban Supreme Court said Monday.
Taliban detain woman protestor and her family including four-year-old son in Kabul
Taliban forces have raided the home of Neda Parwani, an online media owner and women’s rights protestor, and detained her...
Women in Kandahar living as though under house arrest with bans on recreation
It was meant to be family day together outside the house. Marwa and her husband had taken their two-year-old son...
Bamyan morality police threaten shopkeepers against selling “immodest” women’s clothes
Fashion shops in Bamyan province have been told to stop importing short or tight dresses to sell at the market,...
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