20 December,2020 A car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded more than 15 others in Kabul on Sunday, officials said, the latest attack to rock the Afghan capital. Kabul has been hit by a wave of deadly violence in recent months despite the Taliban and government engaging in peace talks to end…
17,November,2020 Afghan Women Human Rights Defenders Address Safety and Security Concerns, Mental Health and Barriers to Activism in New Groundbreaking Report A new report from VOICE analyzes the realities facing displaced Afghan women human rights defenders in Afghanistan, bordering countries and western nations one year since the Taliban’s takeover Across 80+ interviews with WHRDs, VOICE…
BADAKHSHAN, Afghanistan — Afghan girls and women who have relationships with men outside marriage are often the target of brutal punishments — including public floggings, prison, and even death. One teenage girl who is believed to have broken that social norm paid the ultimate price this week when her brother reportedly killed her after she…
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs has registered 51 cases of violence against women in the past 11 months (since January 2019), which is a slight increase from the previous year. The deputy minister of women’s affairs for policy, Spozhmai Wardak, said the cases include murder, beating, rape, inciting suicide attempts and “kangaroo courts.” The provinces…
