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Deadly Clashes Erupt Between Taliban and Locals in Badakhshan’s Khash District
Fresh violence has broken out in Khash district of Badakhshan province, where armed clashes between Taliban forces and local ...
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45 Year-Old Man in Helmand Marries 6-Year-Old Afghan Girl
Local sources in Helmand say that a 45-year-old man, who already has two other wives, has married a 6-year-old girl. A photo ...
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Capturing the quiet resilience of Afghan women
After our conversation, Hayeri is joining the celebrations in Damascus for the 14th anniversary of the Syrian revolution, ...
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8-Year-Old Afghan Refugee Girl Abducted and Murdered in Peshawar
The body of an 8-year-old girl who had been missing for three days was recovered in the Bhana Mari area here, police informed ...
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Where Is Zalala? Taliban Accused of Hiding the Truth Behind Missing Afghan Singer
Zalala Hashimi, a Pashto singer and finalist in Season 12 of Afghan Star, has been missing for over two weeks in Kabul. Her ...
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Kabul Retirees Once Again Protest Against Taliban Over Unpaid Pensions
Abdul Raoof Amin, a retiree, said: “We are demanding our pension payments. Look at what has become of this society. Today, people in need and the elderly receive financial aid from many sources. We ...
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Young Woman Burns Herself to Death to Escape Forced Marriage to Taliban
A young woman has died after setting herself on fire in Taywara district of Ghor province in an alleged attempt to escape a forced marriage, local sources told Rukhshana Media. The self-immolation ...
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Populations in Afghanistan are facing systematic human rights violations perpetrated by the Taliban
According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan and the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls, the Taliban may be perpetrating gender ...
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Populations in Afghanistan are facing systematic human rights violations perpetrated by the Taliban
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect: Since Taliban forces effectively overthrew the Afghan government in August 2021, the Taliban and various armed groups, including the so-called Islamic ...
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Taliban are removing women’s voices from Afghan radio
It did not take long for the Taliban to begin a crackdown on media and journalists in the country, with 336 known cases of arrest, torture and intimidation between August 2021 and September 2024, ...
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“It’s a crime to be a girl”: The forgotten women of Afghanistan
NEGIN, 33 Negin’s life, like that of millions of Afghan women, was forever changed in August 2021, when the Taliban swept through Afghanistan in just 11 days. Once a preschool teacher, she worked on ...
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The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women
The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women, the latest crackdown on women’s rights since they took power in August 2021. The ...