Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty January 13, 2022 Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Taliban’s return to power following the complete withdrawal of the U.S.-led forces from Afghanistan in August has aggravated the humanitarian and economic situation in the war-torn country amid an abrupt deterioration of human rights. “The Taliban victory propelled Afghanistan from humanitarian crisis
Al Jazeera: Several Afghan women Al Jazeera spoke to say they have struggled to put food on the table as Taliban fails to revive the economy. Click here to read more (external link). Related The struggling shopkeepers of Afghanistan – in pictures The people of Afghanistan are starving; to turn our backs on them is
8am: The burden of her husband’s death made Shirin’s life bitter. Now, the Taliban have added to this bitterness. Before the Taliban came to power, she used to provide for herself and her children by sewing in a small shop, but now the Taliban have made life difficult for her. Click here to read more
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 10, 2022 The Taliban’s religious police have erected banners in Kabul that order women to wear the Islamic hijab. The posters show a woman wearing an all-encompassing burqa and a woman wearing the black chador that is commonly worn by in Iran. Text on the posters proclaims that “according to Shari’a
The Independent (UK): Speaking to The Independent in exclusive interviews, the football players, who have been in the UK since mid-November, said they are hopeful about their futures in the UK but are consumed with terror about loved ones who remain trapped in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Today (Sunday, January 9th) women protesters chanted slogans such as “The voice of professor Jalal is the voice of the people” and demanded the release of this university professor and political expert. Meanwhile, Amnesty International also demanded his unconditional release yesterday after the Taliban arrested him. Click here to read more (external link).
The Guardian (UK): The Taliban sparked outrage this week by announcing that women in northern Afghanistan would no longer be allowed to use communal bathhouses. The use of bathhouses, or hammams, is an ancient tradition that remains for many people the only chance for a warm wash during the country’s bitterly cold winters. Click here
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Abubakar Siddique January 6, 2022 When the Taliban seized power in August, the militant group vowed it would not resurrect the violent religious policing it enforced during its first stint in power. The hard-liners claimed they would limit themselves to preaching Islamic values of modesty and dignity. But nearly five months after
Tolo News : Tahira Sultani is a coach of Taekwondo and mountaineering sports. She has earned awards at the national level as well as abroad in the past eight years. “Since the Taliban came to power, I was not allowed to exercise. I referred to many sport clubs for training. But, unfortunately, they said that
VIDEO: #Taliban beheading mannequins of clothing stores while saying "Allah Akbar". The #Taliban have ordered a series of mannequin beheadings, telling clothes shops to remove the heads of dummies that offend #Islam. VIDEO👇 pic.twitter.com/90ts6GVYhH — Natiq Malikzada | ناطق ملکزاده (@natiqmalikzada) January 3, 2022 Ayaz Gul VOA News January 3, 2021 ISLAMABAD — Clothing shops in