Tyla: A new penal code has been published by Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, which will legalise acts of physical punishment against women. The alarming news comes in light of Hibatullah Akhundzada – the Supreme Leader of the Islamist extreme group – signing a 90-page criminal code which outlines different degrees of legal penalisation depending on
Afghanistan International: Afghanistan International has previously published investigations and video confessions showing Taliban members’ involvement in targeted extrajudicial killings in several provinces. Human rights organisations have reported bodies found in eastern regions, disappearances of young men in northern Kabul, killings of Ismailis for religious reasons and systematic targeting of former Afghan security personnel. Click here
Afghanistan International: The Taliban’s Ministry of Justice said Wednesday that all legislative documents issued by the group are based on Islamic law and warned that objections to those laws would be considered a crime. Afghan and international civil society activists have criticised the penal code, saying it legitimises practices such as slavery, domestic violence and
8am: The human rights organization Rawadari recently issued a statement on the implications of the “Criminal Code of Taliban Courts” and warned that this code is deeply concerning and in clear violation of international human rights standards and the fundamental principles of fair trial. The statement notes that, among other things, the Taliban have legitimized
Afghanistan International: Afghanistan International has obtained a collection of official documents and internal reports from Taliban authorities that reveal the direct involvement of members of the group in extrajudicial killings in several Afghan provinces. The documents show that these killings were not isolated incidents but part of a systematic pattern of violence carried out on
8am: For more than four years, the Taliban have imposed sweeping restrictions on women and girls. Alongside these measures, they have also closed criminal and sexual assault cases in ways that favor the accused and harm the victims, often by forcing women into marriage. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: For more than four years, the Taliban have carried out widespread arrests, assassinations, and extrajudicial killings, while forcibly disappearing former military personnel. Despite mounting evidence, the group has consistently dismissed investigative reporting by the media, human rights organizations, and field and visual documentation, labeling them as baseless accusations. Recently, the Hasht-e Subh Daily documented
8am: When commanders and fighters from within the group face accusations of sexual relations outside marriage, the Taliban often protect their own. Instead of enforcing the Sharia punishments they claim to uphold, they conceal these acts by imposing forced marriages. These accounts follow earlier findings by the Hasht-e Subh Daily, which documented in multiple reports
8am: Residents of Kabul are increasingly alarmed by a surge in thefts, especially pickpocketing, across the city. They say that despite repeated Taliban promises to guarantee public safety, the group has failed to curb these crimes. According to many residents, pickpockets operate most often in crowded areas, public buses, and narrow alleyways, where people are
Afghanistan International: The latest incident occurred on Thursday evening in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, where armed men shot and killed Mohammad Shah, an Ismaili resident originally from Shighnan district. Shah, who worked for a private office in the province, was attacked in the Dasht-e-Qargh area while returning home from a bakery, according to eyewitnesses.