Afghanistan

Dhul Hijjah 13th marks the death anniversary of Mirza Mohammad Taghi Shirazi, known as Mirza II. Mirza was one of the Maraj’e and the political leader of the Iraqi independence movement against British colonialism. One of the most famous actions…

Living conditions and difficult circumstances, aggravated by the ban on education, have forced women in Afghanistan to learn professions and handicrafts to occupy their time and earn money to support their families. Women from various cities in Afghanistan, such as…

Shia Rights Watch (SRW) released its monthly report detailing the most prominent human rights violations committed against Shia Muslims worldwide for June 2023. The report highlights several terrorist attacks by extremist groups against Shia Muslims and the oppression and persecution they…

Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation held an inauguration ceremony for its project to supply water to deprived areas of Afghanistan. The project involved drilling and equipping a deep well, building a tank, supplying electricity and a transmission line to the water supply…

Amnesty International has called on Pakistan’s government to urgently stop its campaigns of arbitrary detention and harassment launched against the Afghan refugees and asylum seekers, who left their country due to Taliban persecution. The organization said in a statement today,…

The 53rd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council was held in Geneva, focusing on the human rights situation of Afghan women and girls. Although it was expected that the Council would take a more serious position against the…

The office of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, has confirmed that its humanitarian campaigns are continuing to aid Shia families in the city to enable them meet their daily needs. In a statement to Shia Waves…

Protesting Afghan women have sent an open letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council, demanding “more effective pressure” on the Taliban, just ahead of this council’s meeting on Afghanistan. In this letter, they have asked the international Rights body…

At least two people were killed and 35 other miners fainted in gas suffocation in a coal mine in northern Afghanistan’s Samangan province. “The accident occurred due to the emission of carbon monoxide gas in a coal mine in Dara-i-Suf-Bala…

British Afghan designer Marina Khan has taken on the challenge to employ more of the country’s artisans as extreme restrictions on women working and the record unemployment make it exceedingly difficult to create opportunities in Afghanistan. Less than two weeks…