Afghanistan

Taliban’s new edict: “Female students have no right to snap photographs.”

According to a letter addressed to the Kabul Medical University midwifery faculty on Sunday, September 18th, taking pictures and video constitutes a “great sin” in Sharia law.   Following the increasing restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan, as well as the closure of schools for girls above the sixth grade, Kabul Medical University officials […]

Afghanistan

Tuesday August 16th, 2022

South Asian media solidarity network called for more global support for Afghan media

The South Asian Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) called on the international community to increase its support for Afghan journalists and media on Monday, at the same time as the one-year anniversary of the Taliban government. This network says that the attacks on Afghan journalists and their harassment, censorship, and severe restrictions continue in Afghanistan. This […]

Afghanistan

Wednesday July 20th, 2022

US Includes Afghanistan on Human Trafficking List

The US State Department in its annual report which was published on Monday, included Afghanistan on the list of countries engaged in a “policy or pattern” of human trafficking and forced labor or whose security forces or government-backed armed groups recruit or use child soldiers. According to the report, the current government of Afghanistan did […]

Afghanistan

Potzel: Participation of Women, Girls ‘Fundamental’

Markus Potzel, UNAMA deputy head, at a press conference held for the human rights report released on Wednesday, expressed concern over the closure of girls’ schools and said that the education and participation of women and girls in public life is fundamental to modern society. “Girls’ education is one issue on which UNAMA has made […]