Afghanistan

Afghan Muslim women activists and researchers have said that Imam Jaafar Al-Sadiq’s scientific position, as the founder of the Jaafari School of Thought, is unparalleled amongst the other Islamic schools of thought. During a scientific symposium held by Sayyeda Fatima…

According to The Independent this month, a former Afghan colonel who fled to the UK is now at risk of deportation, becoming the latest subject of controversy surrounding the policies of the UK Home Office. The colonel, who had been…

The guardian reported this Tuesday that Afghan refugee families, including a special forces soldier and a political adviser, who were resettled in Yorkshire after being airlifted out of Kabul, have received eviction notices from Home Secretary Suella Braverman. This marks…

The Office of the Supreme Religious Authority, His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Sadiq al-Husseini al-Shirazi, has said, today Tuesday, that its-affilaited organizations continue to assist disadvantaged families in Afghanistan. The Office pointed out that large numbers of Afghan families in…

Afghan girls in Balkh province have reiterated their calls to the Taliban authorities to immediately reopen schools and universities to enable them resume their education, TOLOnews reported. Since Taliban returned to power in August 2021, it has put restrictions on…

Today, UN expert’s expressed alarm at a recent announcement by the de facto Supreme Court in Afghanistan sanctioning the use of punishments including stoning, flogging, and burying under a wall.  “Stoning people to death or burying them under a wall…

The deterioration of the humanitarian and security circumstances in Afghanistan are increasing the worries and concerns of the world humanitarian organizations and agencies, especially the United Nations. The UN-organized meeting recently held in Doha came to stimulate international engagement on…

The US-based news agency the “Jurist” has published a new report on the use of corporal punishment and death sentences by the Taliban in Afghanistan. The report, released on Monday 8th May, said that the United Nations Assistance Mission in…

Today marks two years since the bomb attack outside the Sayed Ul Shuhada school in the Dasht -e-Barchi area in Afghanistan, which killed over 90 Hazara female students and injured hundreds of others. The car bomb was detonated in front…

The ‘Shia Rights Watch’ organization has released its monthly report on the most prominent human rights violations committed against Shia Muslims from April 1st to May 1st, 2023. The five-page report has reviewed terrorist attacks, armed conflicts, bombings and acts…