By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 11, 2023 A hunger strike by a group of Afghan rights activists to protest the anti-female policies of the ruling Taliban has entered its second week as they seek international recognition of the militants’ policies as “gender apartheid.” The protest that began on September 1 in the German city of Cologne
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 4, 2023 A group of Afghan women’s rights activists have launched a hunger strike in Germany to protest against the policies of the ruling Taliban that limit the rights and freedoms of Afghan women. The hunger strikers, who have set up camp in the German city of Cologne, want the Taliban’s
Al Jazeera: Lashkar Gah residents started the hunger strike in a desperate call for peace between the government and the Taliban. “Early morning today [Sunday], members of the council visited our tents and sat with us promising that we will work together on a peace plan to present to the government and the Taliban,” Abdul Salam, a