Taliban has imposed ‘severe restrictions’ on movement of female UN employees in Afghanistan: Report

11 May 2023

In Taliban rule, girls and women facing sevearal restrictions in Afghanistan ,UN has accused the country's de facto authorities of imprisoning, harassing and placing "severe" limits on the movements of its female employees, Khaama Press reported. "This is the most recent in a series of discriminatory - and unlawful -...

Women-run radio station shut down by Taliban

03 Apr 2023

According to a report from Al Jazeera on Monday, a women-run radio station in northeast Afghanistan has been shut down in yet another oppressive step because it broadcast music during the fasting month of Ramzan. Since it began broadcasting ten years ago, Sadai Banowan has been the only woman-run radio...

Taliban flogs 9 over theft charges, chops off hands of men

18 Jan 2023

While unleashing another set of atrocities, the Taliban on Tuesday flogged nine convicts on alleged theft charges and "sodomy" in Ahmad Shahi Stadium in Kandahar. The Taliban have also reportedly chopped off the hands of 4 convicts in a football stadium in front of the spectators. Authorities and residents were...

Afghan Journalists complains about lack of information.

16 Jan 2023

Journalists and media outlets in Afghanistan strongly criticized the lack of access to information as well as harsh restriction placed on media professionals by the Taliban since it took control of the Afghan land in August last year. “When we contact the government or the officials or drop them a...

OIC urges Taliban to reconsider ban on women from working

13 Jan 2023

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called on the Taliban to reconsider the decision to ban women from working for NGOs. This comes right after the Taliban banned women from going to work for any domestic or foreign NGOs. OIC has called the ban on women from working in...

Taliban Orders Ban On University Education For Afghan Girls

21 Dec 2022

Taliban banned Afghan girls from University education ON December 20, 2022. According to a letter by the Taliban's higher education minister. "The Ministry of Higher Education in a letter has ordered the suspension of higher education for female students in Afghanistan until the next announcement." One of the media tweeted,...

Female journalists urge media resumption in Afghanistan’s Farah

11 Dec 2022

Female journalists in Afghanistan's Farah province made a fervent plea for the restoration of media operations that had been suspended ever since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US Forces in August of last year. At a gathering in the province of Farah, female journalists asked...

‘Deeply disturbing’: UN condemns first public execution since Taliban takeover

08 Dec 2022

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed its disapproval of the alleged first public execution in Afghanistan since the Taliban took control last year. Since the extremist group took control of the nation last year, the Taliban have executed one man in public, according to Voice of America (VOA). The...

Female students in Farah urge Taliban to reopen girls’ schools

28 Nov 2022

Girls in the southern Afghan province of Farah expressed growing concern over the Taliban's decision to close girls' schools up to grade six and urged them to be reopened. They said it is necessary to learn modern education in addition to religious lessons, according to Tolo News. "We call on...

Afghanistan: UN ask Taliban to end gender-based violence

25 Nov 2022

Taliban has been called to take immediate steps by the UN mission in Afghanistan to end violence against women and the broader deterioration of women’s rights as an important part of efforts to establish a meaningful and sustainable peace.The request was made at the same time as the globe observed...