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Women Stopped From Entering Amusement Parks In Kabul

9th November, 2022 · admin

Reuters: Afghan women were stopped from entering amusement parks in Kabul on Wednesday after the Taliban’s morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks. Two park operators, who asked to remain anonymous to speak on a sensitive matter, said they had been told by Taliban officials not to

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Posted in Afghan Women, Society, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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‘They Torture And Kill Us’: Gay Afghan Men Fear For Lives Under The Taliban

8th November, 2022 · admin

Two gay Afghan men have told RFE/RL they live in constant fear under Taliban rule and have to meet their partners in secret. In a January report, Human Rights Watch found LGBT people in Afghanistan faced a “desperate situation and grave threats to their safety” with reports of killings, gang rapes, and mob attacks.

Posted in Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: Homosexuality, LGBTQ in Afghanistan, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban torture |
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Taliban Orders Male Teachers, Students To Sign Pledge To Observe Shari’a Law

13th October, 2022 · admin

By Omid Zahirmal Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 13, 2022 The Taliban has ordered male teachers and high-school students in the southern province of Kandahar to sign a written pledge that they will adhere to the militant group’s extremist interpretation of Islamic Shari’a law. That includes following the Taliban’s strict dress code for men, including

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Posted in Education, Society, Taliban | Tags: Kandahar, Life under Taliban rule |
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What Afghans want the rest of the world to know

9th October, 2022 · admin

The Atlantic: An Afghan women’s-rights activist had connected me with Hajera, who was too afraid to share her last name. “We had a job,” she told me. “We had money. We had a home. We had a country. We had a family.” Now, she said, “we have nothing.” Afghanistan is, once again, the worst place

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Posted in Afghan Women, Everyday Life, Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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Taliban Inspects Girls’ Schools, Expels Hundreds Of Pubescent Students

6th October, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 6, 2022 Razia was expelled from her school in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar last month. The Taliban told the 14-year-old that she was “told old” to study. “I’m not alone,” she told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi. “Many girls my age have been forced out of school.” In recent weeks, the

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Education, Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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Women’s Rights: A Year After The Taliban Takeover

13th September, 2022 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Despite claims by the Taliban that women would not be discriminated against by its new government, the rights and freedoms of women and girls have been dramatically curtailed in Afghanistan, raising alarm among international human rights organizations. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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Taliban Group Fails to Control Drug Addicts in Ghazni Province

8th September, 2022 · admin

8am: According to residents, Pas Hesar area in the 1st security district of ​​Ghazni city has become one of the safe havens for drug addicts. Since the Taliban regime came to power in August last year, the number of drug addicts has increased in Afghanistan compared to last year. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Drugs, Health News, Society, Taliban | Tags: Drug Addiction, Ghazni, Taliban and Drugs, Taliban government failure |
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Afghanistan: Peace at a price in the Taliban’s heartlands

20th August, 2022 · admin

BBC News: “You can’t say anything at all,” he said, describing how some were simply threatened whilst others were kept in jail. “The Taliban have different types of torture for them, hitting them with cables and pipes, holding their heads under water.” Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Everyday Life, Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: Helmand, Kandahar, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtuns, Taliban torture |
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Brain Drained: Exodus Of Professionals Since Taliban Takeover Leaves Afghanistan Starting From Scratch Again

12th August, 2022 · admin

By Michael Scollon RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 12, 2022 Ahmad Ghani Khosrawi dedicated two decades of his life to restoring Afghanistan’s education system, only to find himself rebuilding his career abroad following the country’s return to Taliban rule. In leaving for Germany, Khosrawi, who headed the Faculty of Literature and Humanities at Herat University, joined the

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Posted in Afghan Women, Economic News, Everyday Life, Human Rights, Refugees and Migrants, Society, Taliban | Tags: Afghan brain drain, Escape from the Taliban, Taliban government failure |
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Sold off: the Trafficked Children of Afghanistan

10th August, 2022 · admin

DW: Poverty has run rampant in a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. So much so that an ever-increasing number of Afghan parents are being forced into trafficking their own children. Be it to childless couples, as brides or even as fighters for radical Islamic groups. Most of the affected children come from internally displaced families: forced to flee

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Posted in Afghan Children, Economic News, Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: child marriage, child soldiers, Displaced, human trafficking, Life under Taliban rule |
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