Human Rights

Taliban remove 51 subjects from school curriculum: Sources

Sources said that letters issued by the ministry describe the subjects as “anti-Islamic.”

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Activist detained in Balkh over UN links: Sources

The group has operated since before the Taliban takeover in 2021 and has received support through projects.

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Taliban governor in Bamiyan blocks planned Shiite religious gathering, sources say

The event, which was scheduled for Monday, Sept. 8, was to be held at the Shaheed Mazari Grand Mosque in.

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UN expert: Taliban have doubled public floggings, imposed new restrictions on women

Bennett said the Taliban have “not rescinded any of their gender-oppressive measures” and have instead expanded them.

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UN rights chief: Women’s rights ‘almost erased’ in Afghanistan

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Monday that Afghanistan faces a severe rollback of fundamental.

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Rights groups: More than 50 Afghans executed in Iran this year

Two Afghans were executed in the past week, the group said, most on charges related to drugs or murder.

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Sources: Taliban beat woman at checkpoint in Badakhshan

One of the women protested, prompting Taliban officers to assault her. She was later taken to a hospital.

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Sources: Taliban raid weddings in Faryab, detain family members

The Taliban’s PVPV ministry has sent undercover female agents to wedding parties to record music or filming, sources said.

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Rights groups decry arrest of activist Mojtaba Mohammadi by Taliban

The activists called the detention a clear violation of freedom of expression and civil liberties.

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Taliban detain group of Sufis in Kabul

Khyber shared a copy of what he claimed was a written pledge from the detainees but did not provide details.

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