by HRWF | Mar 16, 2023 | 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...
by HRWF | Aug 25, 2022 | 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...
by HRWF | May 8, 2022 | 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...
by HRWF | Apr 26, 2022 | 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...
by HRWF | Jan 10, 2022 | 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...