8am: Residents of the districts along the Kokcha River (Dasht Qala, Rustaq, Yengi Qala, Darqad, Chah Aab and Khwaja Bahauddin) in Takhar province report that during the course of the last year, about 700 Kuchi families – Pashtun Nomads – have been settled in Khwaja Bahauddin and Dasht Qala districts. The Taliban have set a
8am: In its annual report, the National Resistance Front (NRF) has said that the Taliban displaced 7,000 families and killed nearly 2,300 people since coming to power. The NRF published its annual report on Saturday evening (September 3rd) since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external link). Related NRF Reports
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 3, 2022 ISLAMABAD — U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres Friday renewed his call for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to allow teenage girls to resume secondary education, saying “girls belong in schools.” “Girls in Afghanistan continue to be locked out of the classroom,” he said on Twitter late Friday. The Islamist group banned
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 2, 2022 A young Afghan woman has accused a Taliban official of beating, raping, and forcibly marrying her in a video that has gone viral. Elaha Delawazai, a medical student at Kabul University, made the allegations against former Taliban Interior Ministry spokesman Saeed Khosty in a video that surfaced on social
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 31, 2022 Amnesty International has accused Iranian and Turkish forces of “repeatedly” pushing back Afghans who attempt to cross their borders and opening fire on men, women, and children trying to reach safety. In a new report released on August 31, the London-based rights group said Afghans who manage to
8am: The viral video in which a girl claims that Saeed Khosti, the former spokesperson of the Taliban-occupied Ministry of Interior, raped her, has spiked public outcry. The footage in which Elaha Delawarzi, 24, claims that Saeed Khosti raped her, has sparked strong reactions among social media users. One of the users posted that the
Foreign Affairs: How the International Community Turned Its Back The weak international response to the plight of Afghan women also reflects the ineffectiveness of the global human rights system. Afghanistan is a signatory to many treaties, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, but none of these commitments are
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal August 28, 2022 The Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have shown no signs of moderation since taking over the country a year ago and the situation for people in the country remains “dire,” the EU’s top diplomat said in an analysis on the European Commission website. “Afghanistan may have dropped from the headlines.
8am: According to sources, the Taliban group launched this search operation on Friday night in the areas of Rastaqabad, Sardawra, Karte Faizabad and University Alley. Sources have added that the Taliban have searched only the Tajik areas of this city with ethnic segregation. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: The Taliban have whipped a man and a woman in Takhar province in northern Afghanistan for having alleged relations. Sources say that the Taliban whipped the man and woman 50 times on Thursday afternoon (August 25th) at the central intersection of Darqad city. Local residents say that there is no evidence that these people