Afghanistan

Afghan Taliban publicly flog 274 men, 58 women and two boys in 6 months

A group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts says Taliban must stop immediately the violation of international law Geneva   …

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Locust outbreak in neighboring Afghanistan threatens wheat harvest

With pesticides in short supply, thousands of people in communities across the affected provinces were working “day and night” to…

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UN calls on Taliban to end corporal punishment in Afghanistan

UN Mission had documented a range of forms of corporal punishment carried out by the Taliban including lashings or floggings,…

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Afghanistan: Women tell UN rights experts ‘we’re alive, but not living’

Since 2021, Taliban have issued a cascade of restrictive orders that amounts to “extreme institutionalized gender-based discrimination” and a systematic…

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UN Divided Over Taliban Ban on Women

‘The United Nations is sending the message to all its staff that female staff do not matter.’ Irwin Loy Policy…

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Taliban order bars Afghan women from working with UN

Fundamentalist leadership has already imposed bans on women accessing higher education, working for NGOs, and accessing many public spaces. Geneva…

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Over 600000 Afghans have fled to Pakistan since Taliban takeover

Many Afghan refugees are now living illegally in the country. Those with less financial privilege are thrown in jail, while…

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Afghanistan now ‘most repressive country’ for women

Roza Isakovna Otunbayeva, UN Special Representative and head of the UN’s Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, UNAMA, strongly condemned recent Taliban…

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Khojas and Memons: Descendants of the Lohanas

The Lohanas trace their roots in history right up to the emergence of Aryans, making theirs the oldest surviving community…

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Come What May

Political and economic insecurity, educational inequality, sexual violence, and poor health are common among Afghan women and children under the…

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