Afghanistan

Taliban publicly flogs 11 in Kandahar

In the past 10 days alone, nearly 100 people have been publicly flogged across different provinces by the Taliban.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan among top five refugee-origin countries with 6.4 million displaced: UNHCR

The report underscores that the wars in Afghanistan during the 1980s doubled refugee numbers to 20 million by 1990.

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Afghanistan

Advocacy group condemns 1,000 days of ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan

The group highlighted that Afghanistan is now the only country in the world where girls and women are systematically denied.

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Afghanistan

1,000 days of lost education for Afghan girls, UNICEF reports

The 1,000-day school ban translates to three billion hours of lost learning, according to the organization.

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Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Traffic accident in Faryab kills 11, including women, children

The incident occurred in the city of Maimana, the center of Faryab.

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Women

Afghan girls face ‘age-specific, gendered harms’, UN envoy reports

Afghan women and girls with disabilities, the report adds, continue to face intersecting forms of systematic exclusion.

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Afghanistan

Study finds Pashtuns make up 90% of Taliban leadership

According to the study, Tajiks make up 5.4 percent, Uzbeks 2.8 percent, and Hazaras 0.7 percent.

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Afghanistan

Taliban flogs three people in Paktia, Sar-e Pul

In Sar-e Pul province, two individuals were punished for "sodomy" last Monday.

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Afghanistan

Iran Air begins flights to Kabul

Following the fall of the previous Afghan government, many international airlines suspended their services to Afghanistan.

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Women

Afghan women, girls feel forgotten by world, HRW official says

In an analysis, Barr highlights the worsening human rights situation under Taliban rule, emphasizing the need for global action.

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