Geneva: The Taliban's treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan could amount to a crime against humanity, according to a UN report presented on Monday at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The Taliban seized power in August 2021, drastically curtailing women's freedoms and rights, including
New Delhi: India expressed concern at the Taliban government’s ban on women in higher education institutions in Afghanistan.
Kabul: Taliban security forces in the Afghan enforced a higher education ban for women by blocking their access to universities, with video obtained by The Associated Press (AP) showing women weeping and consoling each other outside one campus in Kabul.
United Nations: The resumption of public floggings and executions in Afghanistan must stop immediately, a group of UN human rights experts said in an appeal to the ruling Taliban leadership.
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Kabul: The United Nations’ mission to Afghanistan said they had asked the Taliban to hold a ‘credible investigation’ into reports of extrajudicial killings, including of children.
Kabul: Afghan women were barred from entering amusement parks in Kabul after the Taliban's morality ministry said there would be restrictions on women being able to access public parks.
Kabul: Taliban security forces killed six Daesh members in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital, Kabul, a spokesman for the ruling group’s administration said on Saturday. Daesh members killed in the raid on their hideout were involved in two major attacks in recent weeks, one
Kabul: Taliban forces fired shots into the air on Thursday to disperse a women’s rally supporting protests in Iran over the death of a woman in the custody of morality police. Deadly protests have erupted in neighboring Iran for the past two weeks, following the death
