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Australian former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz held over alleged war crime in Afghanistan

20th March, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

BBC News: A former Australian SAS soldier has been charged with murder, following an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. Oliver Schulz, 41, is the first Australian serviceman or veteran to be charged with a war crime under Australian law. The offence carries a maximum sentence of life in jail. He was arrested on

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Posted in Australia-Afghanistan Relations, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment | Tags: War Crime |
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Afghanistan dispatch: ‘women’s ability to access the court system has been completely wrecked’

13th March, 2023 · admin

JURIST: After August 2021, women’s participation in the Taliban government reached zero. Given the Taliban’s rules restricting women’s lives, women’s contribution to the social and political life of the country is destroyed—at least under Taliban rule. Considering this, women cannot access justice agencies and in most areas their petitions asking for justice cannot not be

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Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Society, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban government failure, Taliban war on women |
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Taliban-Appointed Agriculture Head in Panjshir Arrested on Corruption Charges

3rd March, 2023 · admin

8am: Sources informed Hasht-e Subh on Friday that Abdul Mujib was taken into custody in Kabul city five days ago by the Taliban intelligence on allegations of abusing official powers, financial and administrative corruption, and immorality crimes. Contradictory reports suggest that Abdul Mujib may have been apprehended for colluding with ISKP, with explosives allegedly discovered

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Posted in Corruption, Crime and Punishment, ISIS/DAESH, Taliban | Tags: Panjshir, Taliban vs. ISIS |
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Former MP Mursal Nabizada’s Killer Was Arrested: Kabul Police

17th February, 2023 · admin

Khaama: Kabul police on Friday announced that the killer of Mursal Nabizada, former member of the Parliament of Afghanistan was arrested. Khalid Zadran, the spokesperson of the Kabul police command said on Twitter that the murderer of Mural Nabizada and one of her security guards was arrested, and confessed to the crime. Mursal Nabizada was

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Security |
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Afghan Brothers Get Life Terms For Killing Sister In Germany

16th February, 2023 · admin

AFP: A German court on February 16 sentenced two Afghan brothers to life in prison for murdering their sister because they disapproved of her lifestyle. The victim, a 34-year-old mother of two identified as Maryam H., was found buried several weeks after going missing from her home in Berlin in July 2021. Surveillance video showed

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Germany-Afghanistan Relations |
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Taliban Seizes Afghan Professor For Giving Out Free Books To Women And Girls

7th February, 2023 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi: A man who wheeled books around Kabul and gave them out for free in response to a Taliban ban on higher education for girls and women was arrested on February 2. The day before, RFE/RL interviewed him as he made his rounds through the Afghan capital.

Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Education, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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Netherlands to compensate relatives of victims of Afghanistan airstrike

4th February, 2023 · admin

Ariana: The Dutch government announced Friday it will not appeal a court order to pay compensation to relatives of civilians who were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan. The District Court of The Hague found in November that the late-night attack violated international humanitarian law. The court sided with four survivors of the attack who

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Crime and Punishment | Tags: Netherlands |
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Taliban detains professor who protested ban on women’s education

3rd February, 2023 · admin

Al Jazeera: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have detained an academic who tore up his degrees on live television in protest against a ban on women’s university education in the country, his aide said on Friday. “From today I don’t need these diplomas any more because this country is no place for an education. If my sister

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Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Freedom of Speech |
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Taliban Refill Afghan Jails

26th January, 2023 · admin

Akmal Dawi VOA News January 26, 2023 Less than two years after releasing all prisoners held by the previous Afghan government, including suspected terrorists, the Taliban are rapidly refilling prisons with new inmates. Over the past 18 months, de facto Taliban authorities detained more than 29,000 individuals on various charges such as theft, kidnapping, murder

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Taliban |
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Taliban Arrest Civilian in Paktika Whose Brother Posted Critical Content on Facebook

21st January, 2023 · admin

8am: According to local sources, after this Facebook post, the Taliban arrested Ayaz Bacha, the brother of Mohammad Muqtasad, in Yusuf Khel district of Paktika province. It should be mentioned that the Taliban recently arrested a poet in Paktika for writing a critical poem. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Censorship, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Freedom of Speech, Life under Taliban rule, Paktika |
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