Gunmen have stormed a guesthouse in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing a female German national and a security guard. Authorities are investigating whether the attack was terror or crime-related. The German Foreign Ministry has confirmed that a German woman was killed overnight Sunday in western Kabul. Najib Danish, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry,…

“We are adamant to follow up on all cases of violence against women so we can create a safe environment for women,” she told Radio Free Afghanistan. “We intend to fulfill the government promises and are working with the judiciary and the law enforcement to address violence against women.” According to global rights watchdog Human…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Afghan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA) in condemning the killing of a journalist in an explosion in Helmand province, in southern Afghanistan on Friday, November 4. The IFJ demands urgent action from the Afghanistan government to ensure the safety for the Afghan media community. Journalist Nematullah…

Yaqoub Sharafat Radio Television Afghanistan October 16, 2016, in Qalat, Zabul Province, Afghanistan Unknown assailants shot Yaqoub Sharafat, a 23-year-old journalist for the state-run broadcaster Radio Television Afghanistan, the evening of October 16, 2016, in Qalat, the capital of southern Afghanistan’s Zabul province. The journalist was on his way home at the time, though press…

During the month of April 2016, SUDO (UK)’s network of human rights monitors have reported and verified 98 incidents of human rights abuses across Sudan involving 12 Sudanese states. A further five reports were also submitted concerning three instances of ethnic violence, killing 18 militia members on all sides, a report on the arrival of…

A veteran US photojournalist and a translator have been killed in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. David Gilkey of National Public Radio (NPR) and Zabihullah Tamanna were travelling with the Afghan army when they came under fire and their vehicle was hit by a shell, NPR said. The attack also killed the driver of the…

Three weeks ago,an Afghan man scalded his pregnant wife with petrol in Saghar district of Ghor province. The 13 –year old girl, named Zahra was married at the age of 11 and five days after the husband sets wife on fire, she died in Istiqlal hospital of the capital, Kabul. The history of Zahra starts…

on March 19,2015 a mob of men beat a 27-year-old woman named Farkhunda to death, threw her body off a roof, ran over it with a car, set it on fire and at the end, threw it into the Kabul River. The attack was captured by mobile phone cameras and was widely shared on social…