Afghanistan

Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, has called for the accountability of perpetrators of war crimes in Afghanistan, in response to revelations regarding alleged war crimes committed by UK...

ByRavi Zan Media Organization and The What If Project Abstract Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the country has witnessed a severe rollback of women's rights, described by experts and human rights organizations...

Former President Hamid Karzai welcomed the declaration of the Muslim World League conference in Islamabad, regarding the opportunities and challenges of girls' education in the Islamic world. Karzai once again urged the Taliban to immediately reopen schools and...

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan defended Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan, said that President Biden made the right strategic call to withdraw from Afghanistan three years ago and that history reflects well on that decision....

Asif Durrani, a former Pakistani special envoy to Afghanistan, stated that the majority of Afghanistan's population do not support the Taliban, and this group lacks both domestic and international legitimacy. Speaking in an interview in Islamabad, Durrani referred...

Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s leader, reiterated his call for the full enforcement of their morality law across Afghanistan. Speaking at an ideological seminar for civilian and military officials at the Kandahar Police Training Center, Akhundzada emphasized the importance...

UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett said that he supports UN Experts in call to US Senate to reject sanctions against International Criminal Courts. "I support UN Special Experts in call to US Senate to reject sanctions against International...

Mohammad Hassan Ghiasi, the Taliban’s deputy minister of public health for policy, claimed on Wednesday that Afghanistan is not facing a shortage of female healthcare workers, despite mounting concerns after ban on women’s medical education. “According to the...

The sixth meeting of the Exiled Media Forum, attended by numerous journalists from around the world, took place in Hamburg, Germany. This two-day conference, which began on Tuesday, October 15, with the participation of journalists from Afghanistan, Myanmar,...

Taliban has barred Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan from visiting the country, accusing him of spreading “propaganda against Afghanistan”. According to a statement from the Taliban’s chief spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid, Bennett...

Purple Saturdays Movement, a women’s rights advocacy group, is calling for the establishment of measures to monitor the Taliban’s prisons. The movement, in a statement, said the Taliban are seeking to instill fear among the people of Afghanistan,...

Esmatullah Moradi, the Tali-ban spokesperson in Faryab, disclosed that the young girl, identified as Firoza, was found hanging in her residence in the village of “Alti Bulak” within the Qaramqol district on the night of Saturday, March 23rd,...