Half of Afghanistan’s internally displaced are children, Save the Children reports
Afghanistan is ranked as the sixth most vulnerable country to climate change, according to the United Nations.
Afghanistan
Women
Schoolgirls call for return to classrooms as current academic year ends
For more than 1,150 days, girls above the sixth grade have been barred from attending school under the Taliban’s rule.
Afghanistan
Activists warn further engagement with Taliban empowers systematic abuses
The movement warned that Taliban-controlled Afghanistan has become a “serious threat” to both regional and global peace and security.
Afghanistan
Taliban publicly five, including woman, in northern Afghanistan
The punishment was ordered by a district-level primary court, the statement said.
Afghanistan
Pakistan releases 11 Afghan nationals
Abdul Jabbar Takhari, the Taliban’s Consul General in Karachi, said in a video statement that the individuals were freed on.
Afghanistan
Taliban’s ban on filming criticized as a move to silence people’s voices
The measures, they say, amount to an effort to silence the country’s people and curtail press freedoms.
Afghanistan
Taliban member killed by unidentified gunmen in northern Afghanistan
The Taliban have not issued an official statement regarding the killing.
Afghanistan
Iran executes two Afghan nationals amid rising number of death sentences
Tajik had been sentenced to death for drug-related offenses.
Afghanistan
Taliban public floggings surge by 40 percent in two weeks
The provinces of Jawzjan, Nangarhar, and Ghazni recorded the highest numbers of public punishments during this time.
Afghanistan
Canada deported 19 Afghan refugees
The deportations come at a time when the Taliban has introduced new policies further restricting women’s freedoms.