A new report by the Afghan human rights organization Afghanistan Women’s and Children’s Social Welfare Organization (AWCSWO) has revealed that women arrested by the Taliban on charges of “moral corruption” …
Save the Children has reported that heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding in Afghanistan have resulted in the deaths of at least four children. In a statement released on Thursday, February …
The Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education has announced that the spring semester for universities in Afghanistan’s colder provinces will commence on March 5. However, it has now been over 800 …
Pakistani police have arrested Zahra Mousavi, a human rights activist and member of Afghanistan’s women’s protest movements, and transferred her to a migrant detention camp. According to Mousavi’s relatives, she …
SEMNNAN, IRAN – Protests against Afghan migrants in Semnan province, Iran, have entered their fourth day. These demonstrations began following the murder of a 28-year-old Iranian man, Maziar Touranian, in …
ISLAMABAD – A group of Afghan civil activists in Islamabad have raised concerns over the increasing threats to indigenous languages in Afghanistan on the occasion of International Mother Language Day. …
KABUL – A female entrepreneur has opened the third branch of her restaurant, Banowan Afghan (Afghan Women), in Kabul. The restaurant, founded and operated by Samira Mohammadi, is staffed entirely …
Local Taliban authorities in Nimroz province have announced that they burned 508 kilograms of collected women’s hair in the Chahar Burjak district and sentenced one person to imprisonment for selling …
As unemployment, poverty, and the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan worsen, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported that 56 humanitarian projects have been suspended …
The Taliban have introduced a new directive requiring schoolboys and teachers in public schools to wear traditional attire, including a long tunic (pirhan) and trousers (tonban) along with a turban. …
