Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban ‘ban’ contraceptives for women-‘haram’ in sharia Women in Afghanistan have said that midwives have refused to provide contraceptives where they previously would have By Umang Sharma First Post (10.02.2023) – The Taliban have allegedly stopped...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Taliban impose ‘harsh’ limits on Afghans’ religious freedom -U.S. panel By Jonathan Landay Reuters (23.08.2022) – https://reut.rs/3TemvRC – Conditions for religious freedom in Afghanistan have “drastically deteriorated” since...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban order Afghan women to wear burqa in public The militants took back control of the country in August last year, promising a softer rule than their previous stint in power between 1996 and 2001, which was marked by human rights abuses. Times Now...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Kunduz mosque attacked during Friday prayers BBC (24.04.2022) – https://bbc.in/3vhYf7q – A bomb attack on a Sunni mosque in the city of Kunduz in Afghanistan has killed 33 people and injured 43 others, including children, officials say. The attack...
Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban religious police issue posters ordering women to cover up France24 (07.01.2022) – https://bit.ly/3q9yzHg – The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters around the capital Kabul ordering Afghan women to cover up, an official said...
