Fazl Ahmad Manawi, Afghanistan’s former justice minister, has described the Taliban’s killing of seven men accused of theft in Kabul as an “extrajudicial execution,” saying the act violates Islamic law, legal principles, human rights standards, and human dignity. The Taliban had earlier announced that seven men, whom they described as “armed robbers,” were killed during […]
Rafiullah Nikzad 02.08.2026 Mohammad Rahmati, director of the privately owned Tamadon TV, and Mohammad Reza Ehsani, an employee of the broadcaster, have been released from detention after being held by the Taliban since early July. The two journalists were arrested on the orders of Taliban Justice Minister Abdul Hakim Sharaee. Sources said Sirajuddin Haqqani, the […]
Rafiullah Nikzad 02.08.2026 The lack of safe drinking water in 12 villages of the Qoqiya area in Baharak district of Takhar province has created serious hardships for more than 2,000 families. Residents say they walk up to 10 kilometers every day to collect drinking water and are sometimes forced to use contaminated water sources. Residents […]
Mohammad Yousuf Mastari, head of the Taliban’s General Directorate of Prisons, met with Fiona Frazer, the head of the Human Rights Service at the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), and called for continued and expanded assistance from UNAMA and other international organizations to Taliban-run prisons. In a statement released on Saturday, the Taliban’s prison […]
The Associated Press has published a report on the death of Fariba, a 16-year-old Afghan girl who died by suicide after being deprived of education, portraying her story as a symbol of the worsening psychological and social crisis facing girls in Afghanistan under Taliban rule. The report says restrictions on education and women’s rights are […]
Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has described the deaths of a number of Afghan migrants in the deserts of Nimroz province while attempting to reach Iran as “horrific” and called for addressing the root causes of what he described as “desperate and dangerous” migration. In a […]
Pakistan’s Punjab Home Department has announced that 139,902 Afghan migrants have been detained and deported as part of the country’s campaign against undocumented foreign nationals. In a statement issued on Friday, August 1, the department said 248 Afghan migrants are currently being held at 39 detention centers across Punjab and will be deported to Afghanistan […]
Afghanistan’s Taliban-run Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue, Prevention of Vice, Hajj and Religious Affairs has instructed Friday prayer imams across the country to tell worshippers that bridal makeup, women wearing perfume, exchanging wedding rings, music, and several other wedding customs are contrary to Islamic law. The ministry distributed this week’s Friday sermon under the […]
Rafiullah Nikzad 31.07.2026 The bodies of 14 Afghan nationals who had gone missing while attempting to travel to Iran through an irregular border route have been found in the Gard-e Lalaw area of Chahar Burjak district in Nimroz province. According to local sources, the victims were part of a group of 19 Afghan nationals who […]
Rafiullah Nikzad 31.07.2027 Georgette Gagnon, the Acting Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), has once again called on the Taliban to lift restrictions on girls’ education and allow them to return to school at all levels. She said girls must be able to continue their education and play a meaningful role […]
