Afghanistan

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…

The official website of the Supreme Religious Authority Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi said on Saturday that the Afghanistan-based Shirazi centers and organizations continue to provide their humanitarian assistance to disadvantaged families. The website added that, “In Mazar-i-Sharif, the…

About 12,000 or two-thirds of Afghan journalists have quit their jobs during the last two years, announced Reporters Without Borders in a report ahead of the second-year anniversary of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan. The organization states that more than…

The Hazara genocide of 1998 in Mazar-e-Sharif stands as a haunting reminder of the brutality that can arise from ethnic and anti-Shia tensions. The tragic events of that year saw the targeted mass killings of Hazara civilians, leaving a scar…

Following the Taliban’s restrictions on girls’ education, sources from a number of provinces now confirm that according to the Taliban’s new order, girls over the age of ten have been denied the right to education. Also, a number of female…