By Ron Synovitz Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 8, 2021 A return to lurid public executions and floggings is inevitable in Afghanistan as the Taliban transforms the country’s court system under its strict interpretation of Islamic law, an Afghan legal scholar says. “We’re going to go back,” says Haroun Rahimi, an assistant law professor for the
Lisa Schlein VOA News September 7, 2021 GENEVA – The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization warns millions of Afghans are at risk of starving if farmers do not receive the seeds they need to plant their winter wheat crop before the end of the month. About 70% of all Afghans live in rural areas and depend
By Frud Bezhan RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 6, 2021 KABUL — The Taliban has imposed a new dress code and gender segregation for women at private universities and colleges in Afghanistan, in line with a decree issued to educational institutions and obtained by RFE/RL. All female students, teachers, and staff must wear an Islamic abaya robe
In Zaranj, the capital of Afghanistan’s southwestern Nimroz Province, Iran’s currency is now being used for most transactions. One shopkeeper says more than 90 percent of his customers pay him with Iranian currency. Businessmen say it is because banks are closed or limiting withdrawals and there is a shortage of afghanis, the country’s currency.
By Frud Bezhan RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 2, 2021 KABUL — Hundreds of Afghans stand along dusty roadsides in the capital, Kabul, desperately trying to sell their meager possessions. Many offer used pots, plates, and cups that are piled up on bedsheets. Others sell tattered mattresses and old rugs or hope someone will buy their television
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 2, 2021 KABUL — About three dozen women in the western Afghan city of Herat have protested to demand the new Taliban leadership preserves the rights and advances women have made in the country since the militants were ousted two decades ago. “Education, security and work is our fundamental right, “
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 30, 2021 The family of influential Afghan cleric Maulvi Mohammad says he has been arrested by the Taliban. The hard-line Islamist group took control of Afghanistan more than two weeks ago, triggering concerns that it will return the war-torn country to the repressive rule it imposed when last in power from
Haroon Bacha Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 29, 2021 Young musician Ahmad Khan says doomsday arrived for him when the hard-line Taliban movement overran the Afghan capital, Kabul — the conclusion of a dramatic sweep across the war-torn country that saw Afghanistan’s pro-Western government melt away. Khan — using a pseudonym for security
Lisa Schlein VOA News August 28, 2021 GENEVA – U.N. and private aid agencies say human rights violations have been surging in Afghanistan since Taliban militants seized control of the country. Aid agencies say Afghanistan is at a very dangerous point. They say an increasingly brutal conflict is worsening the already serious human rights violations