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UN Urges Afghan Taliban to Stop Widespread Torture, Abuse of Detainees

20th September, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Ayaz Gul VOA News September 20, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations said Wednesday that Afghanistan’s Taliban had committed more than 1,600 human rights violations during arrests and detentions of people, including women, and it urged the de facto authorities to cease the abuses. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, has documented the violations in

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Detain and torture by Taliban, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban Crime |
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Shocking Arrest: Taliban Detain Female Activist, Husband, and Child in Kabul

19th September, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

8am:  At least two reliable sources have confirmed to Hasht-e Subh that the Taliban apprehended Neda Parwani on the morning of Tuesday, September 19, in the Khairkhana area of Kabul and subsequently transferred her to an undisclosed location. According to sources, the Taliban have also detained the husband and a four-year-old son of this female

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Detain and torture by Taliban, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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UN Chief Urges Taliban to Lift ‘Unjustifiable’ Education Ban on Afghan Girls

18th September, 2023 · admin · Leave a comment

Ayaz Gul VOA News September 18, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations secretary-general Monday renewed his demand for Afghanistan’s Taliban to allow teenage girls to attend high school. “This is an unjustifiable violation of human rights that inflicts long-lasting damage on the entire country,” Antonio Guterres said on X (formerly Twitter). “Girls belong in school. Let them back

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Human Rights, Taliban, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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More than 100 Afghan refugees freed from Pakistani prisons

14th September, 2023 · admin

Ariana: Over the past five days, 120 Afghan refugees have been released from Pakistani prisons due to the efforts of the Ministry of Refugee Affairs in Quetta, the ministry of Refugees said. According to a statement, more than 500 documented and undocumented Afghan refugees have been arrested and imprisoned by Pakistan’s security agencies in the

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Posted in Human Rights, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants |
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Pashtunization: Taliban Have Detained Two Bamiyan Residents Over Resisting To Give Their Lands To Kuchi Nomads

13th September, 2023 · admin

8am: Sources informed the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Tuesday, 12 September, that Abdullah Sarhadi, the Taliban governor of Bamiyan province, has imprisoned two individuals from the Pashta-e Gharghari village because they did not hand over their land to the Kuchi nomads. This comes after last year when the Taliban’s Conflict Resolution Commission had warned the

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Bamiyan, Ethnic descrimination, Kuchis, Land grabbing, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun Kuchi Invasion, Pashtun war on Hazaras, Pashtunization |
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Hundreds Arrested In New Pakistani Crackdown On Afghan Refugees

12th September, 2023 · admin

RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 12, 2023 Police in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh have arrested more than 250 Afghan refugees and migrants as part of a new crackdown aimed at repatriating undocumented Afghans. Most of the arrests and detentions have occurred in Karachi since September 11. The seaport is the capital

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Posted in Human Rights, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants |
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Local Uprising Commander Killed by Taliban in Takhar Province

12th September, 2023 · admin

8am: According to these sources, Taliban intelligence carried out the killing of a Local Uprising commander named Hayatullah using gunfire on Tuesday, September 12th. Hayatullah held the position of commander among the residents of Moghol-Qeshlaq village in Badam Darah, located in the city of Taliqan. Click here to read more (external link). Related Former Jihadist

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Posted in Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Nangarhar, Revenge killings, Takhar, Taliban Amnesty Violation, Taliban Crime, War Crime |
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Crimes against women in Afghanistan condemned by UN Human Rights Council

12th September, 2023 · admin

Khaama: On the first day of the fifty-fourth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Afghanistan was the main topic of discussion. Farzana Abbasi, a human rights researcher focusing on Afghanistan, said during this session that some of the actions by the Taliban administration in Afghanistan against women are considered examples of

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Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban Crime, Taliban war on women |
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Support Grows As Hunger Strike By Afghan Activists In Germany Enters Second Week

11th September, 2023 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 11, 2023 A hunger strike by a group of Afghan rights activists to protest the anti-female policies of the ruling Taliban has entered its second week as they seek international recognition of the militants’ policies as “gender apartheid.” The protest that began on September 1 in the German city of Cologne

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Hunger Strike, Taliban war on women |
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‘Their Freedoms Have Been Taken Away’: Afghanistan Sees Surge In Female Suicides Under Taliban Rule

10th September, 2023 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 10, 2023 Ahmad Hanayish Abubakar Siddique Shabana had a bright future ahead of her. She was studying to become a doctor and preparing to get married. But the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 turned her life upside down. The militant group’s ban on women attending university forced her to

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Posted in Afghan Women, Health News, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Mental Health, Suicide, Taliban government failure, Taliban war on women |
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