Ayaz Gul VOA News February 13, 2025 ISLAMABAD — The leader of Afghanistan’s governing radical Taliban has defended his policies, including banning female access to education and employment, asserting that they are derived from the “commands of Allah.” Hibatullah Akhundzada’s assertions came days after the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced he was seeking
Afghanistan International: Men styling themselves God’s soldiers are using sexual violence on captive women to inflict punishment not just on individuals but to intimidate all Afghan women from any role in society. The accounts of women violated and raped by Taliban members while in custody shared by the survivors with Afghanistan International paint a grim
Ariana: A United Nations aid official said on Tuesday that Washington’s funding pause would cut off millions of Afghans from sexual and reproductive health services, and that the continued absence of this support could cause over 1,000 maternal deaths in Afghanistan from 2025 to 2028. US President Donald Trump last month ordered a 90-day pause
Amu: Former President Hamid Karzai has praised the formation of Afghanistan’s women’s cricket team in exile, calling it a source of pride and inspiration. In a statement on X on Saturday, Karzai expressed his support for the team, saying, “The women’s cricket team will shine in international competitions just like their brothers and bring honor
Amu: Afghanistan has unveiled a new jersey for the 2025 Champions Trophy, drawing inspiration from the country’s rich cultural heritage and historic landmarks. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) described the jersey as a blend of Naskh calligraphy and geometric patterns from the Jam Minaret, an 800-year-old UNESCO World Heritage site in Ghor Province. Click here
Forbes: Simply put, Afghanistan women’s cricket remains extremely bleak. But on Thursday, many miles away in Melbourne, hard-bitten expatriates will take the field will pride. Click here to read more (external link).
By Muska Safi and Roshan Noorzai VOA News January 27, 2025 WASHINGTON — It took Susan Salih about eight hours to travel from Kabul, Afghanistan, to Peshawar, Pakistan, to take a scholarship exam the Pakistani government offers to Afghan students. Salih, 25, and a group of other young Afghan women who took the exam at the
Michael Hughes: Restrictions on gender expression are, sadly, a daily occurrence in most countries around the world, including the United States. President Donald Trump, in fact, in an executive order on his first day in office declared the U.S. government would only recognize the sex assigned to a person at birth. Tragically, this is where
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal and RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 24, 2025 Afghan rights groups have applauded the International Criminal Court’s announcement that it is seeking arrest warrants for two top Taliban officials for allegedly persecuting Afghan women and girls, an accusation the Taliban-run Foreign Ministry called “baseless.” ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said in a statement on January 23 that
Afghanistan International: The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Thursday said that he was seeking arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the persecution of women, a crime against humanity. Karim Khan said that there were reasonable grounds to suspect that Taliban’s Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and the group’s Supreme Court’s chief justice