Afghanistan
Human Rights Watch says over 2,000 Afghan evacuees in detention in UAE
March 15, 2023
Human Rights Watch says over 2,000 Afghan evacuees in detention in UAE
Human Rights Watch accused Emirati authorities on Wednesday of arbitrarily detaining for more than 15 months as many as 2,700 Afghan evacuees who have not qualified for resettlement elsewhere. Many of the Afghans in Emirates Humanitarian City are suffering from…
Blast in northern Afghanistan kills at least one
March 11, 2023
Blast in northern Afghanistan kills at least one
An explosion during an award ceremony for journalists in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province has killed at least one person and wounded five others, according to a Taliban police spokesman. The explosion took place at the Tabian Farhang centre in Mazar-i-Sharif,…
Afghanistan universities reopen but women still barred by Taliban
March 8, 2023
Afghanistan universities reopen but women still barred by Taliban
Male students have trickled back to their classes after universities reopened in Afghanistan following a winter break, but women remain barred by the ruling Taliban. The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed…
Balochistan: Nine security officers killed in suspected suicide attack
March 6, 2023
Balochistan: Nine security officers killed in suspected suicide attack
Nine security officers were killed and at least 13 others were wounded today, Moday, during a bomb attack in southwest Pakistan. The blast happened in Balochistan province when the officers were returning to the provincial capital Quetta, after policing the…
Fleeing Taliban Ruling, Afghans are dying amid International silence
March 6, 2023
Fleeing Taliban Ruling, Afghans are dying amid International silence
At least 80 Afghan men, women and children lost their lives last month in a shipwreck off the Italian coast as they attempted to find a new haven. The Afghan migrants, fleeing the Taliban regime at home and feeling neglected…
Shia Rights Watch documents over 40 attacks on Shias worldwide
March 3, 2023
Shia Rights Watch documents over 40 attacks on Shias worldwide
The international organization of Shia rights watch, has recorded 41 terrorist attacks against Shia Muslims and the followers of Ahl Al Beit (peace be upon them) in 6 different countries worldwide during the past month of February, confirming the escalating…
Pakistan crackdown on Afghan refugees leaves ‘four dead’ and thousands in cells
March 3, 2023
Pakistan crackdown on Afghan refugees leaves ‘four dead’ and thousands in cells
Refugees are reportedly dying in Pakistani prisons, and children are being arrested and tied together with ropes, as a wave of detentions and deportations spreads fearamong the hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have crossed the border since the Taliban…
Afghan refugees protest in Islamabad against UNHCR’s failure to review their cases
March 1, 2023
Afghan refugees protest in Islamabad against UNHCR’s failure to review their cases
Dozens of Afghan migrants in Islamabad on Monday said they have protested for more than three weeks in front of the Society for Human Rights and Prisoners’ Aid (SHARP) Office, however, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has…
Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Mazar-i-Sharif carries out charitable activities
February 28, 2023
Office of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi in Mazar-i-Sharif carries out charitable activities
The office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, distributed large quantities of winter clothes to dozens of students of religious sciences and orphaned children. The office said…
At least 60 migrants including newborn dead after boat falls apart off coast of Italy
February 26, 2023
At least 60 migrants including newborn dead after boat falls apart off coast of Italy
At least 60 migrants have been killed after the vessel carrying them sunk off the coast of Italy. The Italian coast guard spotted about 30 bodies after a migrant boat broke apart in rough seas off the southern coast of…