8am: According to local sources, on Monday, March 25, the Taliban executed a raid in Qala-e Amir Mohammad Khan, located within the fifth security district of Ghazni city. The target of their incursion was purportedly a former member of the People’s Uprising Forces from Jaghori district. In the wake of this assault, which occurred two
Ariana: “It is heartbreaking to mark another year where school doors open without the participation of Afghan girls above the age of 12,” Amiri, who is the US Special Representative for Women’s Affairs and Human Rights in Afghanistan, said on X. “The world stands behind the calls to the Taliban (IEA) to reverse the destructive
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi March 20, 2024 Pakistan is set to force some 850,000 documented Afghan refugees back to their country next month if they don’t leave voluntarily. According to reports in Pakistani media, the expulsions, the latest in an ongoing campaign of forced deportations, are scheduled to begin on April 15. The News, an English-language
8am: Taliban, facing armed resistance in Panjshir and Andarab after Seizing control of Afghanistan, has been accused of widespread harassment and persecution of residents in these regions over the past nearly three years. According to sources, the group has detained and tortured hundreds of young men and adults from Panjshir province and Andarab regions. Sources
8am: Reports from local sources indicate that the Taliban have detained the brother of General Najibullah Najib, the former National Security Chief of Takhar Province, within the province’s boundaries. According to accounts received on Thursday, March 14th, the Taliban apprehended the individual in question from Taliqan, the capital city of Takhar Province, and subsequently relocated
The Guardian (UK): The Afghanistan inquiry is getting into gear at the Royal Courts of Justice. Led by the judge Charles Haddon-Cave, this public inquiry was convened to investigate about 80 killings allegedly committed by the SAS in Afghanistan between 2010 and 2013. Proceedings took a dramatic turn last month when the minister for veterans’
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi March 10, 2024 Male students who enrolled in Taliban-run religious schools say that sexual and physical abuse has led some to end their pursuit of an education in Afghanistan. The students, all of whom were aged 10 to 17 and spoke to RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi on condition of anonymity out of fears
By Lina Rozbih VOA News March 8, 2024 WASHINGTON — For 27-year-old Leeda, “life is like hell” as her husband beats her every day and she “has to tolerate it” because she has “no other option.” “My body is always bruised, now I am used to it, I have to tolerate it for my children,” Leeda, a
By Ayaz Gul VOA News March 8, 2024 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations warned Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities Friday that their bans on women’s education and work risk pushing the country further into deeper poverty and international isolation. The head of the U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, or UNAMA, called again on the fundamentalist regime to reverse
Akmal Dawi VOA News March 7, 2024 Breshna Musazai endured 19 agonizing months in Qatar, anxiously awaiting resettlement to the United States as a refugee. Forced to flee Afghanistan just two days after the Taliban seized Kabul in 2021, Musazai found herself separated from her parents and her dreams shattered. A dull ache in her