Afghanistan

In the wake of the deteriorating situation of women and minorities in Afghanistan, Taliban called on last Thursday for the implementation of Sharia law. Hibatullah Akhunzada, Taliban’s leader, held a gathering with the provincial governors in Kandahar where he emphasized…

Several days ahead of the month of Muharram, people in Afghanistan are preparing to mark the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam and grandson of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him and his pure progeny), Imam Hussein (peace…

Amnesty International said in a report published on Wednesday that the lives of women and girls in Afghanistan are being devastated by the Taliban’s brutal campaign against their rights. Since returning to power, the Taliban have restricted women’s and girls’…

The official website of Grand Ayatollah Shirazi announced laying the cornerstone for the Imam al-Hadi (peace be upon him) Scientific School and the Noble Quran Library and House in the Afghan city of Ghazni. In a statement received by Shia…

A woman who served as the first female mayor in Afghanistan is urging the U.S. government to declare the Taliban’s treatment of the Hazara ethnic group a genocide as the first anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the…

A new report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) makes for very grim reading, confirming many of the concerns Afghan human rights advocates have raised since last August, when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. UNAMA catalogues…

In conjunction with the blessed days of the birth of Imam Ali Al-Naqi, peace be upon him, the Imam Al-Hadi Foundation, peace be upon him, in cooperation with the Sayyed al-Shuhada Committee, distributed clothes to more than 200 orphans under…

In coordination with the Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, in the city of Herat, Afghanistan, Misbah Al-Hussein Foundation for Relief and Development distributed sacrificial meat to the underprivileged believers and orphans on the…

Afghan media reported that dozens of people have died of cholera in Helmand and Zabul provinces in southern Afghanistan. The sources said that “at least 40 people died of cholera in Helmand and Zabul provinces in southern Afghanistan,” adding that…

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission considered the situation of women in the country extremely deplorable, noting that the Taliban imposed severe and persistent restrictions on women. The statement of the Independent Commission for Human Rights stated that women in…