Times of India: Signed by supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, the 90-page criminal code permits husbands to physically abuse their wives and children, provided it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds.” Click here to read more (external link).
Amu: Taliban prevented women from entering a major industry exhibition in Kabul, sources told Amu TV on Friday, sharing video footage of the incident. The third “International Exhibition of Industry of Afghanistan” opened on Thursday, Feb. 12, and is scheduled to run for five days, featuring about 400 booths. One participant told Amu that women
Ariana: The U.S. State Department has begun paying Afghans to repatriate as it attempts to close a camp in Qatar where they have been stranded for years, Reuters quoted the top State Department official for South and Central Asia told lawmakers on Wednesday. Advocates say the group includes civilian refugees, women who served as special
Khaama: UNAMA reports killings, arbitrary arrests, media restrictions and public punishments in Afghanistan during late 2025, raising concerns over human rights conditions nationwide. UNAMA’s quarterly report says 14 former Afghan security personnel were killed between October and December 2025, alongside 28 arbitrary detentions and seven cases of torture or mistreatment. Click here to read more
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
Amu: The children, most of whom work on the streets to support their families, said they were detained during street round-ups in Kabul and other areas and taken to Taliban-run prisons or so-called Dar-ul-Hifaz facilities, centres authorities say are meant to provide protection and assistance. “They arrested us and took us to Badam Bagh prison,”
Amu: Pakistan deported more than 16,600 migrants over the past week, according to figures compiled from statements by the Taliban-run High Commission for Refugees Affairs. The data show that between Jan. 17 and Jan. 23, Pakistan expelled 16,610 individuals, while a further 744 were returned from Iran, with most of the deportations carried out forcibly.
Ariana: According to the report German authorities informed more than 660 Afghans in December 2025 that despite earlier assurances of resettlement, Germany would no longer be able to admit them. As an alternative, Berlin offered cash support to help affected individuals return to Afghanistan or seek refuge in another country willing to accept them. Click
Amu: Sweden’s migration minister on Thursday called on the European Union to develop a common procedure to issue identity and travel documents for Afghan nationals whose asylum applications have been rejected or who have committed crimes, saying deportations are currently “more or less impossible”. Migration Minister Johan Forssell said many Afghan nationals in Sweden and
Afghanistan International: According to a document obtained by Afghanistan International, the Taliban’s Council of Clerics in Badakhshan has offered financial rewards and security guarantees to Ismaili Muslims who convert to Sunni Islam. Sources say conversions are being enforced through threats and intimidation. The document shows that the Taliban clerics’ council in Badakhshan has drawn up