The Afghanistan National Journalists Union says 90 percent of violence against journalists committed by the Taliban. 28 October, 2021 More than 30 instances of violence and threats of violence against Afghan journalists were recorded in the last two months, with nearly 90 percent committed by the Taliban, says a media More than 40 percent of…
Progress made in recent years towards protecting Afghan women’s rights and providing accountability for violence against women and girls has been undermined by the Taliban’s rise to power. Domestic violence is particularly prevalent in Afghanistan but a lack of financial dependency is one of the key obstacles preventing Afghan women from seeking help. Those who…
5 October, 2021 An Afghan girl cleans shoes as men pray on a Kabul street on Sept. 24, 2021. (Bernat Armangue/The Associated Press) On the day Afghanistan fell, Diba was helping patients when she received an urgent call from her mother, informing her the Taliban were in Kabul. The 27-year-old medical student walked out onto…
