BBC News: The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan’s Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law. Anyone violating the rule will be punished, Taliban religious police say. Some barbers in the capital Kabul have said they also received similar orders. Click here to read more (external link).
NBC News: “They were beating me by the whip, electric rod and whatever they had in their hand,” Taqi Daryabi said… in the weeks since the Taliban once again took control, growing evidence points to a broad and sometimes brutal crackdown as they settle old scores, stamp out opposition and try to force many Afghans
8am: Many families in Mazar-e-Sharif are selling their household items to fight starvation as poverty rises in the province. Balkh residents, say they provide food for their children by selling home appliances. According to Mazar-e-Sharif residents, there are currently no more heavy clashes and explosions, but unemployment has made life difficult for them. They call
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 23, 2021 Human rights defenders say the Taliban is committing “widespread and serious” rights violations against women and girls in the western Afghan city of Herat, which they say raises serious concerns about the ability or willingness of the group’s leadership in Kabul to control the actions of its members
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 19, 2021 A group of Afghan women staged a protest in the capital, Kabul, on September 19, to demand the right to work and study. Videos shared by local media show a group of nearly two dozen women gathering in front of what was until recently the Women’s Affairs Ministry,
By Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 16, 2021 A championship runner in Kabul says the uniforms she and other Afghan sportswomen wore in domestic and international competitions fully covered their bodies and didn’t violate the Islamic hijab norms as the Taliban claims. The 24-year-old professional athlete, whose name is being withheld for her protection,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 13, 2021 The United Nations human rights chief has criticized the Taliban’s record since seizing control of Afghanistan last month as the UN hosts a high-level conference to raise more than $600 million for the war-torn country to avoid a looming humanitarian crisis. Addressing the September 13 donor conference
Lisa Schlein VOA News September 11, 2021 GENEVA – The World Food Program warns acute hunger is deepening in Afghanistan and families are resorting to extreme measures to find something to eat and keep their children from starving. Randomized phone surveys carried out between August 21 and September 5 in all of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces
New York Post: A desperate Afghan dad has said he is prepared to sell his daughter for just $580 so he can save the rest of his family of seven from starvation — and give the 4-year-old a chance at a better life. Ex-cop Mir Nazir told the Times of London he is already in
Two journalists for Kabul-based newspaper Etilaat-e Roz were detained by Taliban militants while covering a protest for women’s rights on September 7. They were released hours later covered in bruises and barely able to walk. RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi spoke to the newspaper’s founder about the beatings and the dangers faced by journalists trying to