カテゴリー: Taliban
Group who worked with UK media to sue government over failure to relocate them to BritainA group of Afghan journalists who worked closely with the UK media for years have revealed how they face beatings, death threats and months in hiding, and accuse t…
Nargis Orakzai now lives in freedom in Germany. But the pain of leaving behind her mother, and the career she loved, is with her every dayIn a picturesque Bavarian town, Nargis Orakzai is recalling the long hours she spent at the Afghan finance ministr…
#FreeHerFace campaign gathers force as high-profile men rebel against crackdown on face coverings in AfghanistanMale TV presenters in Afghanistan are wearing face masks on screen to show solidarity after the Taliban issued an order that all women on ne…
Fawzia Amini advocates for rights of Afghan women and girls from London hotel room she’s been stuck in for nine monthsOne of Afghanistan’s top female judges has been honoured with an international human rights award while she continues her work to advo…
Move is part of hardline pivot after militants hinted at more moderate restrictions when taking power last yearAfghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun enforcing an order requiring all female TV news presenters in the country to cover their faces while …
Female anchors post pictures of themselves being ‘erased’ on orders of virtue and vice ministryAfghanistan’s Taliban rulers have ordered all female TV presenters to cover their faces on air, the country’s biggest media outlet has said.The order came in…
Four other government departments scrapped as cash-strapped regime faces $500m budget deficitTaliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former US-backed government, including the country’s human rights commission, deeming …
From civil servants, teachers and doctors to journalists and business owners, loss of female workers under the Taliban has already cost the economy $1bnOne morning last summer, Nasira* arrived for work at the government building in Kabul where she was …
The regime intensifies repression and suffering while failing to address the country’s urgent humanitarian needsTwo decades ago, photographs of blue burqas became perhaps the totemic image of life under the Taliban, as Afghan women’s rights were invoke…
Female medics continue to save lives, but rely on the Red Cross to get by because the Taliban cannot pay their salariesFew places in Afghanistan are run by women. Public life and business are male-dominated and, since the Taliban’s takeover, even more …
Women say they fear going out in public despite Taliban vow to respect hard-won rights after 2021 takeoverDespite everything that has happened to her country since the Taliban seized power last August, 29-year old Nafisa still never believed there woul…
Decree forces male relatives to police law by making them liable to fines or prison for breaches The Taliban have ordered all women to cover their faces in public in Afghanistan, the latest sweeping restriction by a government that has taken away women…
Young men who have spent most of their lives in combat are learning how to behave with civilians as the Taliban transitions from fighting to governingAround a conference room table, young Taliban fighters quietly listen to an instructor teaching them h…
Explosion in Afghan capital is latest in string of attacks on civilians during RamadanA powerful explosion has killed more than 50 worshippers after Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque, the latest of a series of attacks on civilian targets in Afghanistan …
Gulafroz Ebtekar, a former top CID officer in Kabul, tells how she escaped the Taliban and is now working in exile to restore justice for the women of her homelandWhen the Taliban entered Kabul on the morning of 15 August last year, Gulafroz Ebtekar re…