Afghanistan

Two years after the Taliban’s decision to deprive girls above the sixth grade from the right to education in Afghanistan, international human rights organizations, including the United Nations, have called for the reopening of schools for girls in this country.…

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Anthony Guterres, stresses that the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan are at the center of all concerns, promising to place this issue on the agenda of the United Nations General Assembly…

At the 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Human Rights Watch described some of the Taliban’s abuses of people’s rights, especially women and girls in Afghanistan, as crimes against humanity. The UN institution said in…

The International Federation of Journalists has condemned the repression of journalists in Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban, and has demanded the immediate release of all detained media workers. This federation is concerned that the number of arrest cases…

In an open letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council, at least 63 human rights groups have called for the creation of an independent and specific mechanism to investigate crimes and human rights violations in Afghanistan. The letter sent…

Human rights groups have condemned the Taliban’s latest restrictions on Afghan women’s education and movement after it barred them from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks and stopped them from leaving for the United Arab Emirates to study…

The Taliban’s decision to ban women from entering national parks in Afghanistan has ignited outrage and concern both domestically and on the international stage. Recently, the Taliban have banned women from  visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular nation parks, Band-e-Amir,…

The World Health Organization says the risk of polio outbreaks increases as the Taliban ban health campaigns in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. This international organization warns that, as door-to-door medical campaigns have been limited in Kandahar, children in this…

The United Nations confirms that at least 30 humanitarian agents of this organization were killed in Afghanistan in the last two years. The UN humanitarian affairs coordinator in Afghanistan described the circumstances and working environment of Afghanistan as challenging for…

The British newspaper “The Guardian” published a new report in which it said that nearly 4,000 prosecutors and legal staff members face the threat of violence from the Taliban in Afghanistan, where at least 28 prosecutors and their families have reportedly…