8am: Following the detention of some women protesters and civil activists, subjected to physical and psychological torture and sexual assault by the Taliban, families are more worried about the arrest of their daughters by this group, instilling fear in them about the Taliban’s prisons. They mention that male members of their families have warned them
8am: Bibi Gul, a participant in a street protest, was detained by the Taliban in Kunduz in late September 2021. During her harrowing two-day captivity, she endured torture, as disclosed by the source. Upon her release, Bibi Gul faced escalating pressure and restrictions from her family, which included being prohibited from communicating with her friends,
Zheela Noori Samiullah Jalalzai VOA News January 5, 2024 The Taliban have arrested women for the first time in Kabul for wearing “bad hijab,” which women’s rights activists in Afghanistan say is an effort by the group to restrict women further and shut them out of public life. “This is an excuse for putting further
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi January 4, 2024 Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government has arrested dozens of women for failing to observe its strict dress code, which requires women to wear head-to-toe coverings, including over their faces. Several eyewitnesses and some of the women detained told RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi that officials from the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of
8am: Following increased pressure from the Taliban on women and girls in Afghanistan, numerous cases of detention and torture have been reported in Kabul, particularly on charges related to “improper veiling.” Reliable sources in Kabul have confirmed that armed Taliban fighters, including women, forcibly apprehended and relocated many girls from areas like Pul-e Surkh to
8am: In Ghazni, some women, and girls strongly criticize the Taliban for their dual standards towards local women, and foreign women visiting the province. They assert that the Taliban consistently tightened their strict restrictions on women in Ghazni province, while foreign women freely move around different parts of the province without any prohibitions, enjoying full
NBC News: In August 2021, when U.S.-led forces were withdrawing from Afghanistan and evacuation flights were being overwhelmed by people desperate to leave with them, Mahbouba Seraj decided to stay. Seraj, 75, an Afghan-American women’s rights activist and founder of the nonprofit Afghan Women’s Network, had been in Afghanistan since 2003, when she moved back
Al Jazeera: One year ago, the Taliban told women they couldn’t study medicine. Now, some are doing it in secret. Lima was just weeks away from graduating from a medical school in Kabul when the Taliban banned higher education for women last December, interrupting her studies and that of thousands of other women. Women already
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 21, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The United States and human rights defenders Thursday renewed a call for Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban to allow female students to return to universities and ensure that women have access to education at all levels. This week marks one year since the exclusively male Taliban government abruptly suspended
Khaama: Women and girls in Afghanistan describe their lives under the rule of the Taliban administration as ‘a gradual death.’ According to human rights defenders, the current situation in Afghanistan is not desirable for any human being, and they ask the Taliban to modify its policies towards women. Still, after more than two years, no