The US government has released dozens of Taliban from Guantánamo in recent years, Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images The Government of Afghanistan reported this Friday the release of Assadullah Haroon, one of the last two Afghans detained in the US prison of Guantánamo in Cuba, for alleged links to Al Qaeda, after talks between the Islamists … Read more
Tucked away in a residential neighborhood is one of Afghanistan’s new “secret” schools, a small but mighty act of defiance against the Taliban. About a dozen teenage girls attend a math class. “We know about the threats and we care about them,” the only teacher tells us, but adds that girls’ education is worth “any … Read more
Dozens of women went out to protest this Sunday in the streets of Kabul, capital of Afghanistanto oppose the Taliban regime and demand recognition of their civil rights, and they also criticized the serious economic crisis in which their country finds itself, a year and a half after the Taliban took power. the activist Zulia … Read more
Given the harsh criticism and accusations that the Taliban regime has received after the imposition of the use of hijab, the leader of the fundamentalist movement, Hibatulá Ajunzada, responded to the United Nationswhich the Afghan government considers the hijab coincides with the religious and cultural practices of the societyas Muslim beliefs predominate in the country. … Read more
Photo: Deutsche Welle/AHMAD SAHEL ARMAN/AFP / copyright The restrictions that the Taliban have imposed on Afghan women are aimed at making them “invisible,” the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, said in Kabul. Since returning to power last August, the Taliban have imposed a series of restrictions, many of which seek … Read more
Previously the drivers of Afghanistanwho work in one of the main TV channels of the country, they had challenged the regime Taliban who took over the territory, by going into the air showing their faces. Which has been one of the restrictions imposed, however one day after his act of “rebellion” have yielded to the … Read more
Although the regime Taliban ordered that women should cover their faces when they are in public, the TV presenters of the main networks in Afghanistan went to work this Saturday with their faces uncovered. The Taliban regained power in Afghanistan since last year and since then they have imposed strict rules, attached to their rigorous … Read more
The taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked local broadcasters to ensure that the TV presenters cover their faces when on the air, an official said Thursday. “Yesterday we met with media officials… they accepted our advice very gladly,” said Akif Mahajar, spokesman for the Taliban’s Vice Ministry of Virtue. He also added: “The last date … Read more
The Taliban announced that they dissolved the independent human rights commission of Afghanistan, since they did not consider it necessary. International organizations have expressed concern about the violation of the freedom of the people of that country, especially women, who are the most vulnerable. Let us remember that it was in the month of August … Read more
The taliban once again curtail the freedom of women. This Saturday they announced that from now on must cover their faces in public and even in their homes if they are in the presence of men outside their family, according to a decree by the fundamentalist group’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada. A spokesman for the … Read more
Afghan women will have to cover their faces with an Islamic veil for the first time in decades, according to a decree approved by the Taliban militants who rule the country. Any woman who refuses to comply and ignores official warnings to her male family members could see a male tutor imprisoned for three days. … Read more
The text released by the Taliban leader states that women must cover their faces because it is “traditional and respectful.” Photo: Javed Tanveer/AFP/Getty Images The supreme leader of Afghanistan and head of the Taliban ordered this Saturday that all women cover their faces in public the burqa, thus imposing the most severe restriction on women’s … Read more
The supreme leader of Afghanistan and chief of talibanHibatullah Akhundzada, ordered this Saturday a decree by which all women wear in public the burqacovering from head to toe. The decree signed by the leader was presented on May 7 at a ceremony broadcast by the taliban authorities in Kabul, and which generated disagreement as groups … Read more
The Supreme Leader of Afghanistan Haibatullah Akhunzadaappeared for the second time since taking control from the Taliban in 2016 to tell worshipers celebrating Eid al-Fitr that the Taliban had achieved freedom and security since taking power last year. Flanked by security, Akhunzada spoke days after a powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in Kabul, killing … Read more
The taliban announced on Sunday the prohibition of the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the largest producer of opium of the world. “According to the decree of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, all Afghans are informed that from now on, poppy cultivation is strictly prohibited throughout the country,” according to an … Read more
The taliban have issued a decree prohibiting the cultivation of royal poppywhile the group tries to calm international concerns regarding the control of drugs in the impoverished South Asian country. “According to the decree of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, all Afghans are informed that from now on, poppy cultivation has … Read more