Taliban Criminal Code Allows Child Abuse, Slavery & Executions, Says Rights Group
The human rights organisation Rawadari says the Taliban have failed to fully criminalise the beating of children under their criminal courts’ code of procedure.
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Taliban Publicly Flog Five, Including A Woman, in Ghazni Province
The Taliban Supreme Court said it publicly flogged five people, including one woman, in Ghazni province on charges described as theft, “illicit relations” and “moral corruption”.
Military Courts Jailed Over 1,000 People In Three Months, Says Taliban
The Taliban Supreme Court says more than 1,000 people were sentenced to prison by its military courts over a three-month period this year.
China Opposes UN Resolution On Human Rights Investigation In Afghanistan
China has opposed a resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent investigative mechanism into human rights violations in Afghanistan.
UN Council Approves Mechanism To Probe Afghan Rights Abuses
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday approved the establishment of an independent mechanism to investigate and document human rights violations in Afghanistan.
US Report: Child Soldiers, Human Trafficking & Bacha Bazi Endure In Afghanistan
The US State Department, in its latest annual Trafficking in Persons report, said child soldier recruitment, human trafficking and the practice of bacha bazi persist in Afghanistan, with the Taliban and other armed groups continuing to exploit children.
Taliban Flog Man & Woman In Baghlan For Extramarital Relations
The Taliban have flogged a man and a woman in northern Afghanistan after convicting them of having extramarital relations, the group’s Supreme Court said.
Taliban Arrest Young Afghans For Raising Former National Flag
The Taliban have arrested 16 young men in Kandahar for raising Afghanistan’s republic era black, red and green national flag during a private Independence Day gathering, local sources said.
Iran Executes 46 Afghans In Under Eight Months, Rights Groups Say
Hengaw, a human rights organisation, said Monday that Iran has carried out 800 executions in less than eight months, an average of 100 per month, including at least 46 Afghan nationals. No details were released about the identities or charges of those executed.
Taliban Flog Four, Including Woman, In Kabul
The Taliban’s Supreme Court said four people, including a woman, were flogged in Kabul’s Chahar Asyab district on charges of adultery and theft.
Taliban Hand Public Floggings To 24 People In Sar-e Pul, Laghman
The Taliban’s Supreme Court says local courts in Sar-e Pul and Laghman provinces have sentenced 24 people, including five women, to prison terms and public floggings.
Taliban Publicly Flogs Three in Khost and Paktia
The Taliban’s Supreme Court says local courts in Khost and Paktia provinces have publicly flogged three people convicted of what it described as murder and extramarital sexual relations.
Taliban, ISIS-K Responsible For Targeted Killings, Says US State Department
The US State Department’s 2024 annual report on Afghanistan has documented extensive human rights abuses by the Taliban, including severe restrictions on women, press freedom, arbitrary detentions, suppression of civil liberties.
Afghan Rights Leader Urges Ongoing Resistance To Taliban Oppression
Sima Samar, the former chair of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, has called on women and men to continue resisting the Taliban’s oppression, marking the fourth anniversary of the group’s return to power.
Taliban Decrees Shortening Afghan Women’s Lives, Says UN
Four years after the Taliban’s return to power, Afghan women are living shorter and less healthy lives as a result of the group’s restrictive decrees, the United Nations said on Monday.
Taliban Detain Man In Balkh Province Over Alleged Insult To Sacred Beliefs
The Taliban’s morality police have detained a man in Balkh province on charges of “insulting sacred beliefs” and making controversial comments about Islamic history, the group’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice said.
Taliban Publicly Flogged More Than 80 People Across Afghanistan In Past Month
The Taliban’s Supreme Court says 31 people have been publicly flogged in the past week across six provinces, bringing the total number punished in the past month to 81 men and women nationwide.
Taliban Raids Shut Down In-Home Beauty Salons in Kabul, Threatening Women With Arrest
Taliban morality police have been raiding homes in parts of the Afghan capital to shut down in-home beauty salons, destroying equipment and threatening female beauticians and their families with arrest, residents told Afghanistan International.
Taliban Restrict Women’s Movement In Panjshir Without Burqa, Say Residents
Residents of Panjshir province say the Taliban has intensified restrictions on women’s movement, reportedly preventing those not wearing a burqa from travelling freely and subjecting them and those accompanying them to harassment and violence.
Taliban Orders Evictions In Kabul’s Police Township, Residents Say
The Taliban has ordered dozens of families living in Kabul’s Police Township to vacate their homes, claiming their property documents are invalid, according to sources speaking to Afghanistan International.
Taliban Arrests Six Kabul University Students Over Alleged Promotion Of ‘Atheistic Ideas’
The Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has announced the arrest of six students from Kabul University, accusing them of promoting “indirect atheistic ideas.”
Int'l Community Failing To Address Taliban Rights Abuses, Says Rights Group
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated that the United Nations member states failing to take effective action against widespread human rights violations in Afghanistan, four years after the Taliban returned to power.