Pakistan orders Afghan asylum seekers out of country by November
bbc.com By Frances Mao BBC News Pakistan has ordered all unauthorised Afghan asylum seekers – an estimated 1.7 million people – to leave the country by November. A spike in […]
OIC reminds Afghanistan that education is ‘Islamic obligation for women’
By 5Pillars (RMS) 7th September 2023 A delegation of Muslim scholars from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has reminded Afghanistan’s government on that education is an “Islamic obligation for […]
Chitral incursion
Chitral incursion Editorial Published September 8, 2023 TWO cross-border infiltration attempts by militants, as well as tensions at the Torkham frontier, point to the disturbing reality that both on the security front and where […]
Taliban stop female Afghan students leaving country to study in Dubai
By Noor Gul ShafaqBBC Afghan“After the Taliban shut universities for women, my only hope was to get a scholarship which would help me study abroad,” says 20-year-old Afghan student Natkai. […]
Student filmmaker in Switzerland highlights plight of Afghan girls
Girls in Afghanistan are forbidden from going to school beyond the sixth grade. A film student in Switzerland has turned his lens on the subject as a way to fight […]
Two years of Taliban 2.0: Its past and present
BY FAZZUR RAHMAN SIDDIQUI AUG 22, 2023 – DAILY SABAH A Taliban fighter stands guard in an amusement park in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 10, 2022. (AP File Photo) After 2 […]
How Washington views the war in Afghanistan two years on
KERRY BOYD ANDERSON August 22, 2023 Two years after the US and its allies withdrew from Afghanistan, partisan political views in Washington have hardened, while foreign policy experts are starting more comprehensive reviews of the entire war. The American public strongly supported pulling out of Afghanistan but was disappointed in […]
Sanctions: a headache for humanitarian action
International Geneva As the use of sanctions has exploded over the past few years, concerns are growing about the human suffering they cause. A recent resolution by the UN Security […]
Women bear the brunt of Taliban’s gender apartheid
BARIA ALAMUDDIN August 21, 2023 In a country where financial, health and welfare systems have collapsed, half the population are starving, there are four million drug addicts, and 20 percent […]
Afghan women escape for a chance at education
By Gem O’Reilly BBC News In her university room in Bangladesh, Nina, 19, holds her boxing gloves up to her face, staring into the mirror. She is learning to protect herself. She says there is no other way. Nina is one of hundreds of Afghan women who have taken up […]
Wave of changes for Afghans marks 2 years since Taliban takeover
BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE – AFP KABUL AUG 14, 2023 – Taliban soldiers walk on a street in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, Aug. 6, 2023. (Reuters Photo) As the Taliban have settled in as […]
Young Women in Afghanistan on the Taliban. “Your Arrival Transformed My Dreams into Nightmares”
Two years after taking over power in Afghanistan, the Taliban have almost completely excluded women from public life. Here, five women from the country talk about what this has meant […]
The Taliban’s gender crimes against humanity
Aug 13,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Gordon Brown EDINBURGH — Gender persecution is a grievous crime against humanity. Having established gender apartheid by denying girls and women access to education, […]
Afghanistan after US withdrawal; risks of Daesh-Khorasan
Aug 13,2023 – JORDAN TIMES / Amer Al Sabaileh Two years have passed since the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, and while international attention is focused on other battlefronts, such as […]
Plight of Afghan women and girls demands urgent global response
DALIA AL-AQIDI August 08, 2023 The aftermath of the embarrassing US withdrawal from Afghanistan has left the country in turmoil, with its citizens, especially women and girls, facing an uncertain […]
Taliban beauty salon ban: Three Afghan women mourn the end of a valued service
bbc.com By Turpekai GharanaiBBC AfghanHair and beauty salons across Afghanistan will close in the coming weeks on the Taliban’s orders.Their closure will lead to the loss of an estimated 60,000 […]
Thousands of Afghan refugees in UK set to be made homeless
Downing Street crisis meeting hears that about 8,000 who arrived under Operation Warm Welcome will be evicted this summer with nowhere to go Mark Townsend and Aaron Walawalkar Sun 11 Jun 2023 […]
Ben Roberts-Smith case: Will Australia see a war crimes reckoning?
bbc.com Related Topics By Tom Housden and Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney On Thursday, a judge calmly delivered an extraordinary ruling that will go down in Australian history. The country’s […]
Ben Roberts-Smith: Top Australian soldier loses war crimes defamation case
Share By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Australia’s most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has lost a historic defamation case against three newspapers that accused him of war crimes in Afghanistan. […]
Ben Roberts-Smith: How war hero’s defamation case has rocked Australia
bbc.com By Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney For months on end, Australia’s most-decorated living soldier sat stoically in a Sydney courtroom as dozens of witnesses accused him of war crimes, […]