Afghanistan

Foreign aid groups halt work after Taliban bans on female staff

Afghanistan’s Taliban-run administration has ordered all local and foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to stop female employees from coming to work, according to an economy ministry letter, in the latest crackdown on women’s freedoms. The letter, confirmed by economy ministry spokesperson…

Counter-terrorism experts have raised concerns about the difficulty of tracking ISIS fighters in the future after reports some of them are changing their identities through the issuance of Afghan passports by the Taliban, according to the National UK newspaper. The…

Since retaking power, the Taliban have reinstated draconian curbs on women’s rights in Afghanistan. The most recent move, banning women from universities, has drawn international condemnation. Afghan girls may now only complete school until sixth grade but are barred from…

The United Nations Secretary General urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to include all ethnic groups in the government, restore girls’ rights to education at all levels and women’s rights to work, and to stop all terrorist activity on its territory. Guterres…

Afghanistan’s Taliban-run higher education ministry has said that female students would not be allowed access to the country’s universities until further notice. A letter, confirmed by a spokesperson for the higher education ministry on Tuesday, instructed Afghan public and private…

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, called on the Afghan Taliban movement to work in order to prevent terrorist organizations from launching attacks on Pakistan, or any other neighboring country, from Afghan soil. He explained that the organization…

At least 19 people were killed and 32 injured when a fuel tanker exploded in a tunnel north of the Afghan capital, Kabul, a local official has said. The Salang tunnel, about 80 miles (130km) north of Kabul, was originally…

Lady Fatima Al-Zahraa Complex, affiliated to the Shirazi Religious Authority in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has carried out many charitable activities. The Complex distributed financial aid and food baskets to more than 150 orphan and needy families.  Within its charitable…

Ten United Nations human rights experts on Friday called on the Taliban authorities to end public executions and punishment by whipping, including at mass ceremonies, after such practices began to be reported in Afghanistan in recent weeks. The de facto…