The Guardian (UK): The Taliban did not just ban women from schools, impose the burqa and outlaw smartphones. The Taliban built a system that enslaves nearly half the country’s population, or according to outdated statistics: 21,701,532 women and girls. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: The Taliban on Saturday published a new law governing the “Shurta”, the term it uses for police, banning “all demonstrations throughout Afghanistan”. The group had previously changed the name of the police to “Shurta”, an Arabic term meaning police. Click here to read more (external link). More New Taliban Police Law Allows Death
8am: Some residents of Naw Abad township in the center of Ghazni and residents of Omid-e Sabz township in the sixth district of Kabul city, which is predominantly populated by Shiites, are complaining about biased and one-sided treatment from Taliban officials at the Ministry of Justice and the Commission for the Prevention of Land Usurpation
Daud Khattak Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 15, 2026 A lack of rights, falling wages, deteriorating living conditions: Five years of Taliban rule have brought changes to Afghanistan, but not the ones many Afghans hoped for. Though roadside bombs and violent clashes between warring factions have largely subsided, the country faces a profound economic crisis,
By Safiullah Stanikzai Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 12, 2026 When Kubra went into labor, the 22-year-old was already suffering from anemia and malnutrition. She experienced severe blood loss during childbirth. Doctors tried to save her with a blood transfusion, but she fell into a coma and died. Her baby did not survive either. “Her husband
Amu: More than 130 Hazara and Shiite students at universities in Balkh and Herat have been denied access to dormitories over the past week, sources and several students told Amu TV. They said university officials explicitly cited their ethnicity and religious affiliation in rejecting their applications. The accounts from Balkh and Herat raise questions about
Amu: A relative of one of 11 people killed by Taliban police in Kabul in less than 10 days has challenged the Taliban account that all of the dead were armed robbers, as the UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan called for prompt and impartial investigations into the killings. The relative, who asked not to be
Amu: Reporters Without Borders says the Taliban have “weaponized” Afghanistan’s legal and regulatory system against the press, turning a succession of media restrictions imposed over five years into an increasingly formal framework for controlling journalism and suppressing critical reporting. The organization says more than 20 nationwide directives, alongside provincial orders, have restricted everything from criticism
8am: Five years after the Taliban’s takeover, members of the Ismaili community in Badakhshan say they are facing a wave of religious, educational and social restrictions. According to the findings of this report, at least 10 jamaat khanas (Ismaili prayer and community centers) belonging to Ismailis have been closed in several districts of this province,
8am: Several residents of Marmul district in Balkh province say that the Taliban have been raiding people’s homes for several nights, creating fear and terror among the district’s residents. According to Marmul residents, the Taliban had previously demanded that they turn off the lights installed outside their homes; however, now the owners of homes that