BBC News: For many years, the Taliban banned music and the education of girls in Afghanistan – and although many women still find themselves restricted, one 17-year-old has become the country’s first female conductor. Click here to read more (external link).
New China TV video description: At her age of just 14, Afghan rights activist Aziza Rahimzada has already been nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize, an award previously won by Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan.
Tolo News: Taliban had asked for 5 million Afghanis in order to free the 19-year-old Rokhshana who they later stoned to death on the accusation of eloping with a man after her family failed to manage the ransom in western Ghor province, said the local officials. “Within two hours after capturing Rokhshana, Taliban went to her father
Tolo News: All seven kidnapped passengers, including three women have been beheaded by Daesh militants in southern Zabul, said the security officials. They were the residents of Ghazni province and were kidnapped in Zabul a few months ago when they were on the way to their province, said Jailani Farahi, police chief of Zabul.According to
Fourteen-year-old Aziza Rahimzada has been shortlisted for the International Children’s Prize for alerting the world to the appalling conditions facing children living in Afghan refugee camps.
Khaama Press / November 06, 2015 Harrowing details are emerging regarding the Afghan girl who was stoned to death in western Ghor province of Afghanistan. According to the local officials, preliminary investigation reveal that the 19-year-old Rukhshana was stoned to death based on a Fatwa issued by a local anti-government militant commander who had repeatedly
KABUL, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) — Civic groups and human right activists demonstrated on Friday, condemning the stoning of a woman in the western Ghor province and demanding punishment for those behind the extra-judicial killing. “We want the government to bring to justice all those involved in the stoning to death of Rukhshana,” the protesters said.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 05, 2015 An Afghan-born woman who came to Canada as a refugee has been sworn in as the country’s minister of democratic institutions. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau elevated parliamentary deputy Maryam Monsef to his 31-member cabinet on November 4, making her the youngest minister. The single, 30-year-old woman says she
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 04, 2015 Afghan lawmakers have condemned and ordered an investigation into the stoning death of a young woman accused of adultery. Lawmakers discussed the killing, which took place in the remote Ghor Province in late October, during a November 4 parliamentary session. “As a representative of the Afghan people,
Khaama Press / November 04, 2015 Parliament on Wednesday urged government to investigate and arrest the killers of a girl who was stoned to death by a “desert court” in central Ghor province. Lawmakers also advised the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs to instruct Mullahs of every mosque around the country to inform people