Women arrested by Taliban for begging report rape and killings in ...
Oct 30, 2024 · The Guardian: Destitute Afghan women arrested for begging under draconian new Taliban laws have spoken of “brutal” rapes and beatings in detention. Over the past few months, many women said they had been targeted by Taliban officials and detained under anti-begging laws passed this year. While in prison, they claim they were subjected to sexual abuse, torture and forced labour, and ...
How the Taliban executed an unarmed man in Balkh « RAWA News
Sep 30, 2024 · Medium: The Taliban executed an unarmed civilian, Najibullah, in Balkh province, despite video evidence showing he posed no threat. OSINT analysis disproves Taliban claims, revealing the incident as an extrajudicial killing. A video widely shared on social media, shows a confrontation between Najibullah, the alleged driver of a burning Toyota Corolla (1990s model), and a Taliban fighter armed ...
Unbroken Chains: The Continuity of Systemic Corruption in …
Oct 30, 2024 · The Diplomat: More than three years since the Taliban took over Afghanistan for the second time, the situation is more dire for Afghan ordinary citizens than ever. Amid the barren landscape of rural Afghanistan, families struggle to survive on the edge of famine. Afghans, with no employment and no business opportunities, have no prospect of economic stability.
The Coming Disaster in Afghanistan « RAWA News
Oct 28, 2024 · Global Security Review: Afghanistan, under Taliban control, is a powder keg ready to erupt with consequences that will ripple throughout the region and the world. The driving forces of this impending disaster are deeply rooted in the Taliban’s ideological, strategic, and operational maneuvers, which intensified after the American exit. The …
Afghan training centres say women to be barred from health studies
Oct 28, 2024 · Afghan training centres say women to be barred from health studies Senior employees at several institutions offering nursing and midwifery courses in Afghanistan on Tuesday said women would be barred from classes, following an …
The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women
Jan 4, 2025 · The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women, the latest crackdown on women’s rights since they took power in August 2021. The announcement comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, allegedly ...
UN Warns IS Afghanistan Branch Growing in Strength
Aug 6, 2024 · The Defense Post: A UN counter-terrorism official warned Thursday that the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan branch poses the greatest external terrorist threat to Europe as it boosts its organizational strength. “ISIL-K has improved its financial and logistical capabilities in the past six months, including by tapping into Afghan and …
A photo slideshow from some RAWA Orphanages
One of RAWA's projects in social sector is to help orphan children and take care of them. In 1986 Meena, the founding leader of RAWA, established an orphanage in Quetta of Pakistan.
The Taliban and the Global Backlash Against Women’s Rights
Feb 6, 2024 · Human Rights Watch: In the last two and a half years after regaining power in Afghanistan, the Taliban, have created the world’s most serious women’s rights crisis. They have systematically violated the rights of women and girls including as they relate to education, paid employment, freedom of speech and movement, and political participation among many others.
RAWA Responds to the Taliban Takeover
Aug 21, 2021 · RAWA: Afghan Women’s Mission has been in touch with RAWA to address their needs at this urgent time. In this brief Q&A with AWM Co-Director Sonali Kolhatkar, RAWA explains the unfolding situation on the ground as they see it.