dpa: The Taliban’s religious police have called again on wedding hall owners in Kabul to refrain from playing music and activities that contradict its Islamic rulings for weddings or similar events. Owners of the halls have been told to strictly adhere to the rulings set by the government, authorities said on June 11. Click here
8am: Sources reported to Hasht-e Subh that doctors at the Provincial Hospital in Herat initiated a work stoppage on Thursday, June 1, due to the assault on one of their colleagues by Taliban fighters. A source from the Hospital in Herat stated that this is the second time in the past two weeks that doctors
8am: According to these sources, enforcers from the Department of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice attacked guards at several restaurants after some women entered without a “legitimate companion.” It has been reported that the guards who were assaulted are elderly individuals. One of the guards, who is around 55 years old, told Hasht-e
The sidewalks outside bakeries in the Afghan capital are packed with desperate mothers and children hoping for a bite to eat. The Taliban has banned women and girls from many jobs, secondary schools, and universities since returning to power in August 2021, worsening the country’s economic crisis, according to United Nations studies.
By Shahpoor Saber Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty April 12, 2023 Twenty-eight-year-old Humayun invested his entire savings of $10,000 to open his own arcade in the western Afghan city of Herat nearly four years ago. The investment initially paid off as the powerful gaming consoles in his shop attracted young Heratis who spent considerable amounts of money
Tolo News: The selling of music cassettes and foreign drama series have been banned by the department of Vice and Virtue in the western province of Herat. The officials said that the cassettes and drama series were non-Islamic materials and thus they prevented them from being sold. “We completely removed whatever they indicated. We have
8am: Local sources in Farah province report the arrest and imprisonment of several barbers by Taliban in this province. On Friday, sources reported that Taliban arrested more than 20 barbers in 10 days on the charge of trimming and shaving the beards of youths in Farah. Taliban have imprisoned many barbers for three to five
8am: The Taliban have recently started collecting data on people living in major cities in Afghanistan. Their local staff have been distributing forms to gather information about local citizens, which they have referred to as “local passports”. One of the questions on the forms asks about the number of widows and young girls in each
8am: Over the past eighteen months, the Taliban have been known to arrest, torture, and humiliate former soldiers, rebellious women and girls, and analysts. This has been followed by a new wave of arrests in the past month, with more than fifty citizens, including politicians, university professors, analysts, women and girls, former soldiers, and civilians,
Akmal Dawi VOA News February 23, 2023 Afghanistan has a higher maternal mortality rate than all its six neighbors combined, according to a World Health Organization report released Thursday, and experts say the maternal health crisis is feared to get worse. The landlocked country’s 620 fatalties per 100,000 live births is the highest in Asia,