Human rights
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Afghanistan
56 Countries Urge Taliban to End Discriminatory Policies Against Women
DID Press: On the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, at least 56 UN member states issued a joint statement calling for the immediate repeal of the group’s discriminatory decrees and policies against women and girls. The countries…
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Kabul’s Diplomatic Deadlock: Why the World Still Misreads the Taliban After Five Years?
DID Press: Five years after the fall of Kabul and the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan is facing one of the most complex and prolonged legitimacy crises in its modern history. From the first days of August 2021, the Taliban…
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Afghanistan
Five Years of Taliban Rule Marked by Widespread Human Rights Violations
DID Press: The human rights organization Rawadari has said in a new report that systematic human rights violations and the repression of Afghan citizens have continued over the past five years, with thousands of civilians falling victim to targeted killings,…
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140 Civil Society Groups Call for Criminalization of Taliban Gender Apartheid
DID Press: About 140 civil society organizations and women’s protest movements have called on the United Nations and the international community to recognize and criminalize the Taliban’s gender apartheid as a “crime against humanity” and halt political engagement with the…
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Afghanistan
Taliban Have Issued More Than 100 Decrees Restricting Women
DID Press: UN Women has said that the Taliban have issued more than 100 restrictive decrees targeting women and girls over the past five years, measures that have institutionalized gender discrimination in Afghanistan’s laws and social structures and severely limited…
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Taliban Detain Two UNAMA Staff Members in Herat
DID Press: United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said two Afghan male staff members were detained by Taliban authorities in Herat on Sunday. UNAMA said in a statement that the two employees were detained by officials from the Taliban’s…
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Taliban Order Eviction of Shia Residents From Nawabad Township in Ghazni
DID Press: Taliban authorities have reportedly ordered residents of the predominantly Shia Nawabad Township in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province to leave their homes within one week, warning that those who refuse could be forcibly evicted and have their houses demolished. Local…
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Taliban Expand Diplomatic Ties as Civil Rights Crackdown Remains a Major Barrier
DID Press: Nearly five years after returning to power, the Taliban have expanded working and diplomatic relations with a growing number of countries in the region and Europe. However, Russia remains the only country to have formally recognized the Taliban…
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Taliban: Land Restitution Has Nothing to Do With Ethnicity or Religion
DID Press: Abdul Hakim Sharaee, the Taliban’s Minister of Justice and head of the commission overseeing the prevention of land grabbing, said at a coordination meeting with officials from charitable foundations in Kabul that implementing rulings issued by the special…
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Taliban Official Inspects Herat Prison Amid Ongoing Torture Allegations
DID Press: Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Taliban’s Administrative Deputy Prime Minister, led a delegation from the Commission for the Regulation of Organizational Structures and Salaries to inspect the overall conditions at Herat Prison. The delegation visited various sections of…
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