China Opposes UN Resolution On Human Rights Investigation In Afghanistan
China has opposed a resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigative mechanism into human rights violations in Afghanistan.
Taliban Hand Public Floggings To 24 People In Sar-e Pul, Laghman
The Taliban’s Supreme Court says local courts in Sar-e Pul and Laghman provinces have sentenced 24 people, including five women, to prison terms and public floggings.
Thursday, 08/14/2025 Taliban Publicly Flogs Three in Khost and Paktia
The Taliban’s Supreme Court says local courts in Khost and Paktia provinces have publicly flogged three people convicted of what it described as murder and extramarital sexual relations.
Wednesday, 08/13/2025 Taliban, ISIS-K Responsible For Targeted Killings, Says US State Department
The US State Department’s 2024 annual report on Afghanistan has documented extensive human rights abuses by the Taliban, including severe restrictions on women, press freedom, arbitrary detentions, suppression of civil liberties.
Wednesday, 08/13/2025 Afghan Rights Leader Urges Ongoing Resistance To Taliban Oppression
Sima Samar, the former chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, has called on women and men to continue resisting the Taliban’s oppression, marking the fourth anniversary of the group’s return to power.
Wednesday, 08/13/2025 Taliban Decrees Shortening Afghan Women’s Lives, Says UN
Four years after the Taliban’s return to power, Afghan women are living shorter and less healthy lives as a result of the group’s restrictive decrees, the United Nations said on Monday.
Tuesday, 08/12/2025 Taliban Detain Man In Balkh Province Over Alleged Insult To Sacred Beliefs
The Taliban’s morality police have detained a man in Balkh province on charges of “insulting sacred beliefs” and making controversial comments about Islamic history, the group’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said.
Monday, 08/11/2025 Taliban Publicly Flogged More Than 80 People Across Afghanistan In Past Month
The Taliban’s Supreme Court says 31 people have been publicly flogged in the past week across six provinces, bringing the total number punished in the past month to 81 men and women nationwide.
Sunday, 08/10/2025 Taliban Raids Shut Down In-Home Beauty Salons in Kabul, Threatening Women With Arrest
Taliban morality police have been raiding homes in parts of the Afghan capital to shut down in-home beauty salons, destroying equipment and threatening female beauticians and their families with arrest, residents told Afghanistan International.
Friday, 08/08/2025 Taliban Restrict Women’s Movement In Panjshir Without Burqa, Say Residents
Residents of Panjshir province say the Taliban has intensified restrictions on women’s movement, reportedly preventing those not wearing a burqa from travelling freely and subjecting them and those accompanying them to harassment and violence.
Friday, 08/08/2025 Taliban Orders Evictions In Kabul’s Police Township, Residents Say
The Taliban has ordered dozens of families living in Kabul’s Police Township to vacate their homes, claiming their property documents are invalid, according to sources speaking to Afghanistan International.
Tuesday, 08/05/2025 Taliban Arrests Six Kabul University Students Over Alleged Promotion Of ‘Atheistic Ideas’
The Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has announced the arrest of six students from Kabul University, accusing them of promoting “indirect atheistic ideas.”
Tuesday, 08/05/2025 Int'l Community Failing To Address Taliban Rights Abuses, Says Rights Group
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated that the United Nations member states failing to take effective action against widespread human rights violations in Afghanistan, four years after the Taliban returned to power.
Tuesday, 08/05/2025 Taliban Flogs 8 In Kabul, Kapisa For Drug Offences, ‘Propaganda’
The Taliban has publicly flogged eight individuals in Kabul and Kapisa provinces following court rulings related to drug trafficking and political dissent, according to a statement released by the group’s Supreme Court on Sunday.
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