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January 21, 2025
Afghans Cleared For U.S. Evacuation Fear Trump Reversal Could Allow Taliban To 'Kill Us'

Afghans cleared for resettlement in the United States are fearful that an executive order signed by President Donald Trump will put them at grave risk. Some 1,660 Afghan refugees have been pulled from scheduled flights, according to an aid organization.

December 08, 2024
Afghan Women Say Ban On Midwife Training Will Mean Health Risks

A Taliban shutdown on midwife and nurse training in Afghanistan has students worried over the health consequences for women. Medical trainees have launched singing protests and taken to social media to decry the latest restriction on Afghan women's education.
November 25, 2024
Silenced But Not Forgotten: Women Under The Taliban

Millions of women around the world have to fight for basic human rights. In places like Afghanistan, Iran, and the Balkans, the challenges women face vary, but they remain resilient. Under the Taliban’s rule, Afghan women are being erased from public life and denied basic freedoms.
November 22, 2024
The Azadi Briefing: Iran To Deport Afghan Prisoners

Iran is talking to the Taliban to hand over some 1,000 Afghans convicted on drug charges. The Taliban wants Tehran to deport all Afghan convicts amid a sharp rise in executions in Iran.
November 02, 2024
Afghan Journalists Fear Losing 'Last Remaining' Freedoms

Afghan journalists fear new restrictions after the Taliban-led government banned the media from showing images of living things in compliance with "morality laws." Several TV channels have been turned into radio stations and some stations have banned women’s voices.
November 01, 2024
The Azadi Briefing: Taliban Detains Afghan Political Commentator

Jawed Mohmand, an Afghan academic and political commentator, is the latest figure to be detained by the Taliban as part of its crackdown on dissent.
October 18, 2024
The Azadi Briefing: Calls For Probe Into Reported Killing Of Afghan Migrants On Iran Border

Iranian border guards fired on and killed Afghan migrants seeking to cross into Iran from Pakistan, according to local reports and rights groups.
October 12, 2024
In Afghanistan, The Taliban Wages War On Music

The Taliban announced in August that it had destroyed over 20,000 musical instruments in Afghanistan in the past year. The extremist group considers instruments un-Islamic and permits only unaccompanied singing. In an interview with RFE/RL, an exiled Afghan musician condemned the move.
September 25, 2024
'The Taliban Will Kill Me': Panic As Germany Announces First Afghan Deportations

Germany deported several dozen Afghans in August -- all of them convicted criminals -- for the first time since the Taliban takeover in 2021. But the move has fueled panic among Germany's large Afghan community, many of whom fear they could be next.
September 24, 2024
'I Could Be Next': Afghans Fearful After Germany Announces Deportations

Germany deported several dozen Afghans in August -- all of them convicted criminals -- for the first time since the Taliban takeover in 2021. But the move has fueled panic among Germany's large Afghan community, many of whom fear they could be next.
September 02, 2024
UN Rapporteur, Barred By Taliban, Arrives In Qatar To Meet Afghan Groups

Richard Bennett, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, has arrived in Qatar to meet with "diverse groups" of Afghan men and women, along with government representatives, on the situation in Afghanistan.
August 29, 2024
Afghanistan Slides Into 'Ever More Hellish Conditions' After New Morality Law Enacted

The Taliban has formally codified into law a long set of rules governing morality. The new law, which consists of 35 articles, imposes sweeping restrictions on women's movement and behavior and stipulates that men must attend prayers and grow beards.

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