By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 25, 2022 Worldwide condemnation against the Taliban decision to ban women from working at domestic and international NGOs heightened on December 25, with at least three foreign groups saying they will suspend operations in Afghanistan. The Swiss-based CARE, the U.S.-based Save the Children, and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRE) all said
8am: Sources confirmed to Hasht-e Subh on Saturday that two bodyguards of the Taliban governor for Roy Doab district, Mullah Shamshad, raped these two girls a week ago in Surkh Qala village of the same vicinity and then beheaded them in front of their families. According to locals, after his bodyguards raped these girls, Mullah
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 24, 2022 In the latest assault on women’s rights, Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all domestic and international NGOs to prevent female employees from working at their jobs, claiming that many were not observing dress codes in the conservative Muslim nation. “There have been serious complaints regarding the nonobservance of the
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 22, 2022 Taliban security forces have used violence and arrested several people as they dispersed a protest by Afghan women against a ruling that bans female students from universities. Afghanistan’s Taliban announced the decision to forbid women from universities late on December 20 in a letter from the Islamist group’s education ministry to
8am: The head of the Salang district clinic, in Parwan province, died after being kept in Taliban custody for 15 months. The doctor’s name was Lal Mohammad Salangi and he was arrested from the private hospital of Parwan in November last year, sources confirmed to Hasht-e Subh on Thursday (December 22nd). As yet, the motive
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi December 21, 2022 The Taliban’s ban on women attending university hit like a bombshell to current and future students, despite the consistent erosion of the rights of women and girls since the hard-line Islamist group seized power last year. The dire news, delivered by the Taliban’s Higher Education Ministry in a statement
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 20, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders Tuesday ordered public and private universities across the country to immediately suspend female students access to higher education until further notice. A spokesman for the higher education ministry, Hafiz Zia Hashami, said the order had been formally delivered to all universities in line with
Khaama: Mohammad Khalid Hanafi, the acting minister of vice and virtue said on Tuesday that the interim regime of Afghanistan is fully committed to respecting women’s rights “defined by Islam”, not that of the world. In a gathering in Parwan province on Monday, Mr. Hanafi reiterated that abiding by Islamic law has been one of
Tolo News: The burning of coal, plastic, and other cheap fuels as well as the exhaust emissions from old vehicles are the main sources of air pollution in Kabul. “To see the level of air pollution we just have one station that is in our department and for this reason we can’t check the level
The #Taliban Higher Education Minister Mulawi Nida Muhammad Nadeem says Among the #mujahideen , anyone who has carried out many explosions, we do not take the university exam from him. pic.twitter.com/Pr0wfGQAFu — Abdulhaq Omeri (@AbdulhaqOmeri) December 4, 2022 By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 15, 2022 One of the Taliban’s main goals since seizing