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Category Archives: Human Rights

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Taliban Do Not Allow the Forced Displaced Residents of Andarab Baghlan to Live in North of Afghanistan

25th May, 2022 · admin

8am: The Taliban have said to the displaced residents: “Go and tell Ahmad Massoud to give you a house,” sources told Hasht-e Subh. “The Taliban have humiliated and insulted these residents excessively while they were moving. According to sources, those who live in this district are all poor citizens and they do not have any

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Baghlan, Displaced, Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun Taliban, Tajiks, Taliban ethnically cleansing Northern Afghanistan, War Crime |
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Women ‘don’t feel safe’ in the Taliban’s Afghanistan

24th May, 2022 · admin

Washington Examiner: “I don’t feel safe,” said one woman. “Every minute I wonder what right will be taken away from me tomorrow. I can’t sleep at night. I rarely leave the house, fearing the Taliban will do something to me or my sisters.” Another woman explained she feels “like a prisoner at home. I don’t

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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Taliban’s Virtue Promotion in Kandahar Launches Hijab Campaign in Kandahar

23rd May, 2022 · admin

8am: The Department of Virtue Promotions in Kandahar province has launched a hijab campaign with the main concentration on imposing “Burqa” as the desired hijab. “The campaign has been launched by women for the purpose of observing the Islamic hijab in the province,” said Abdul Rahman Taybi, head of Virtue Promotion for Kandahar. “First, the

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Kandahar, Life under Taliban rule |
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Afghan Female TV Anchors Forced to Cover Faces on Air

22nd May, 2022 · admin

Message from Khpolwak Sapai, head of TOLOnews, says it all. pic.twitter.com/5MTHKj3Byp — Saad Mohseni (@saadmohseni) May 22, 2022 Ayaz Gul VOA News May 22, 2022 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Female program presenters in Afghanistan went on the air Sunday with their faces covered to comply with a fresh decree by the country’s Islamist Taliban rulers. Since

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Life under Taliban rule |
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Forced Displacement in Versaj District, Taliban Starts Evicting the Residents of Takhar

22nd May, 2022 · admin

8am: Sources in Versaj district of Takhar province have confirmed that the Taliban rebels had previously warned the local residents in Versaj of forced displacement. Based on that warning, the rebels have started harassing the people and forcefully expelling the residents from their houses and areas. Yesterday, the Taliban fighters evacuated the houses of Mohammad

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Posted in Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Pashtun Taliban, Pashtunization, Takhar, Taliban ethnically cleansing Northern Afghanistan, Taliban War on Muslims |
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Karzai Tells CNN Burqa is Not Afghan Tradition

21st May, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: Former President Hamid Karzai in an interview with CNN said that covering faces is not Hijab and the use of the Burqa is not Afghan tradition but “Burqa has come to Afghanistan probably 200-300 years ago, and countryside women don’t wear” it.  Karzai was also critical of the Islamic Emirate’s decision to ban

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Hamid Karzai, Life under Taliban rule |
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Taliban Reportedly Issues Order Requiring Female TV Presenters To Cover Faces

19th May, 2022 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 19, 2022 Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have reportedly issued an order saying that female television presenters must cover their faces when appearing on programs. The privately owned media giant Moby Group, which runs Tolo News, said in a tweet on May 19 that it was informed of the requirement by the

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule |
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Virtue Promotion in Nangarhar: Female Patients Not Allowed to Enter Hospital Without a Male Guardian

18th May, 2022 · admin

8am: In a letter issued, the Taliban’s Ministry of Virtue Promotion has instructed the health authorities of the Nazi district of Nangarhar province not to allow women without Islamic hijab and a male guardian to enter the hospital. During a visit to hospitals in the Nazi district of the province, the Taliban Virtue Promoters warned

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Posted in Afghan Women, Health News, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Nangarhar |
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Taliban Dissolves 5 ‘Inactive’ Institutions

17th May, 2022 · admin

Tolo News: “Departments that are not carrying out their activities currently are inactive. At any time, if it is needed, they will be reactivated. ” said Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate. The Human Rights Commission, the National Security Council, the Commission for the Supervision of the Implementation of the Constitution, the Secretariat

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Posted in Human Rights, Political News, Taliban |
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Taliban Say No Christians Live in Afghanistan; US Groups Concerned

17th May, 2022 · admin

VOA News May 16, 2022 Husain Andaryas was a religious fighter in the war against the invading Soviet army in Afghanistan in the early 1980s, but almost a year after the Soviets left, he converted to Christianity. For the next nine years, Andaryas wandered in several regional countries, suffered torture, and was finally offered a

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Posted in Human Rights, Society, Taliban | Tags: Christians in Afghanistan, Life under Taliban rule, Religious minorities in Afghanistan |
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