Securing Water Rights From Afghanistan Is Strategic Priority, Says Iran
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei says Tehran’s water rights remain a top priority and a constant, vital and strategic…
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Women Living Under Taliban Rule: The Systematic Erasure of Rights and Freedom
Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the lives of Afghan women and girls have undergone a dramatic and devastating transformation. What was once a fragile but growing space for women’s participation in public life has been replaced by one of the most restrictive systems of gender-based repression in the modern…
Rebellions Must Be Neutralised, Says Taliban Defence Official
Lotfullah Hakimi, the Taliban Defence Ministry’s chief inspector, said recent armed opposition activity should be neutralised or reformed, noting that…
Former Pak Envoy: Taliban Support for Terrorists Risks Repeat of 9/11 Attacks
Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s former envoy for Afghanistan, says the Taliban’s harbouring of terrorist groups risks a repeat of the 9/11 attacks and could have unpredictable consequences for the region. In a note published on Saturday,…
Hamid Karzai: Ban on Girls’ Education Will Leave Afghanistan Dependent
The former President of the country has once again expressed deep concern over the continued deprivation of girls above sixth grade from education. Hamid Karzai stated that the ban on education and the continued closure…
Achakzai: Threats and Attacks Cannot Solve Afghanistan-Pakistan Issues
Mahmood Khan Achakzai, Pakistan’s opposition leader, has called for direct talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan, stressing that Afghanistan-related issues cannot be resolved through threats or military pressure. In a recent interview, he criticized the Pakistani…
Afghan Migrants Face Growing Uncertainty Across Several Countries
Tajik media outlets have reported that residents of Mehrabad township in Jabbar Rasulov district of Sughd province said that on May 4, all Afghan citizens living there estimated between 200 and 250 people were gathered and transferred…
Female Journalists Barred from Taliban Press Conference in New Delhi on Orders from Amir Khan Muttaqi
Aditya Raj Kaul, a journalist with India’s NDTV network, announced in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that during a press conference held by Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban’s acting foreign minister, at the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi, no female journalists were allowed to enter the conference hall. According…
Afghan Migrants in Pakistan Forced to Demolish Homes Amid Deportation
A number of Afghan migrants residing in Pakistan say that Pakistani authorities have asked them to demolish their homes and return to Afghanistan. The Afghan migrants told, in recent weeks some families have been forced to destroy their shelters, an action that has left them…
From Kabul to Paris: The Young Woman Who Chased Her Dream of Fashion Across War, Borders and the Edge of Death
When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, thousands of Afghan women saw the futures they had spent years building disappear almost overnight. Many were forced into their homes, others fled into…
A Voice Gone Too Soon, Who was Shirin Hazara?
Shirin Hazara grew up knowing what it meant to live with struggle. She was born in Jaghuri, Ghazni, in Afghanistan, and spent her childhood surrounded by the kind of poverty many Afghan children know too…
Acting Became a Symbol of Lost Dreams: The Story of Samere Rezaie
Long before cameras, scripts, and film festivals, Samere Rezaie was just a six-year-old girl sitting in front of a television—watching, imagining, and quietly stepping into another world. “I was acting while watching films,” she recalls.…
UK Envoy Highlights Men’s Role in Supporting Girls’ Education
Nearly five years after girls above sixth grade were barred from attending schools and universities, Richard Lindsay, the UK’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, says men’s support for girls’ and women’s right to education is vital…
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