Taliban rule
Matiullah Wesa arrest Afghan activist Matiullah Wesa’s arrest invokes widespread condemnation

Matiullah Wesa is a prominent education activist and has been running an educational organization  for nearly 14 years

Iranians receive UN assistance 700,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since Taliban takeover, says UN expert’s report

US sanctions, job losses, business closures, and the reluctance of foreign investors to engage in Afghanistan have had catastrophic impacts on the lives of millions of Afghans. Two thirds of households are facing difficulties in meeting basic food and non-food needs

Ismail Mashal Afghanistan Taliban authorities detain professor for opposing ban on women’s education

Despite facing threats to his life, professor Ismail Mashal has stood defiantly against the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s education in the country

Afghanistan cold wave A severe cold wave is freezing the already starving people of Afghanistan

Over the past two weeks, the freezing cold has reportedly killed at least 70 Afghans and over 70,000 livestock. The freezing temperatures have worsened the plight of Afghans who are already facing an economic crisis

Afghanistan women detained Rights bodies condemn detention of women activists in Afghanistan

On November 3, Taliban authorities detained rights defender Zarifa Yaqoobi along with four of her male colleagues during a press conference in Kabul announcing the formation of the “Afghan Women Movement for Equality”

Afghanistan blast in Hazara area Hazara women protest attacks on students in Kabul

Following a blast in a predominantly Hazara majority area, which killed 43 and injured 82, women from the ethnic minority community demonstrated against the attacks and demanded the “end of this genocide”

Sikhs flee Afghanistan Targeted attacks force Sikh minority to flee from Afghanistan

At least 111 Sikhs have been granted emergency visas in neighboring India after a Sikh gurdwara was stormed by extremists in Kabul on June 18, killing two and injuring seven others

Afghanistan women Afghan activists raise concern over burqa edict, call it gender apartheid

While in the past the Taliban maintained that women would be accorded their rights, in work, education and society at large, the latest decision to enforce a dress code in public and allow them to leave their homes only in cases of necessity has raised alarms internationally