Kabul, June 9 (IANS) The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has expressed concern over the detention of Afghan women for violating the Taliban’s dress code, terming the action “illegal and unacceptable” and calling for their immediate release. Bennett’s statement comes after Taliban morality police detained at least 21 women and girls in Herat for alleged non-compliance with the dress code, Amu TV reported, citing local sources.In a post on X,…
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Kabul, June 8 (IANS) The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has voiced concern over the detention of women by Taliban authorities in Herat for alleged non-compliance with dress requirements, stressing that the action raises serious human rights concerns. In a post on X, the UNAMA stated that all people have the right to freedom of movement and are entitled to equality before the law.”UNAMA is concerned over multiple arrests and detentions of women in Herat #Afghanistan for …
Kabul, May 5 (IANS) The third round of university entrance exams began in Afghanistan’s Kabul without girls for the fourth consecutive year, local media reported on Friday. Taliban-run National Examination Authority has started holding the third round of Afghanistan’s university entrance examinations, known as the Kankor, on Thursday, with thousands of candidates appearing in the tests at Kabul University, Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported. The exam is being held for 12th g…
Kabul, June 4 (IANS) Afghan security forces have seized a cache of weapons and ammunition in eastern Paktia province, the provincial police office said Thursday.According to the police statement, the weapons and ammunition were discovered during a recent security operation in the Nari Zhwara area of Dand Patan district, a border district adjoining Pakistan.Among the seized items were eight Kalashnikov rifles, 12 pistols, 20 Kalashnikov barrels, three M4 rifle barrels, and a thousand rounds of pi…
Washington, June 4 (IANS) Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the United States is working to find third-country resettlement options for Afghan allies stranded abroad, including many currently in Pakistan, as the Trump administration continues to review relocation policies for those who assisted American forces during the Afghanistan war. The issue emerged during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Wednesday (local time) when Representative Julie Johnson criticised the adminis…
Geneva, June 2 (IANS) The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has strongly condemned a new Taliban decree in Afghanistan that legitimises child marriage and considers a girl’s silence as consent to marriage, describing it as a “grave and systematic violation of international human rights law”.”Child marriage, where at least one party is under 18, constitutes a harmful practice and is a form of forced marriage, given that children inherently lack the capacity to give full, free and info…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Indian government on Monday debunked false claims circulating on social media and warned about an AI-generated deepfake video of Chief of the Army Staff, General Upendra Dwivedi, being shared by Pakistani propaganda accounts to mislead the public. The fact-checking unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) highlighted that Pakistani propaganda accounts are using AI to falsely attribute statements about India funding the Taliban.”Pakistani propaganda accounts are cir…
Kabul, May 30 (IANS) At least 18 people were killed, including 10 children and five women, and dozens more injured after a truck carrying Afghan migrants who had returned from Pakistan overturned early Saturday, local media reported. The truck overturned on a highway in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman, around 5:30 am local time.According to Habibullah Mubarez, the Taliban’s traffic director in Laghman, the incident happened near the Surkhkanu intersection in Qarghayi district of La…
Kabul, May 29 (IANS) Pakistani police has arrested Afghan journalist Seyed Qasim Hashemi on the Abbottabad-Islamabad highway, local media reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the incident. According to sources, Hashemi was arrested by Pakistani authorities on the Abbottabad-Islamabad highway on Thursday at around 12:19 pm, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported. Authorities have not yet released a statement regarding the reason for his arrest or his current condition.The exact locat…
Kabul, May 27 (IANS) As many as 868 families, comprising 1,847 people, were deported to Afghanistan through various border crossings on Tuesday, local media reported on Wednesday citing a statement issued by the Taliban regime. Taliban deputy spokesperson Hamdullah Fitrat stated that 772 families, including 1,479 people, returned to Afghanistan through the Torkham border crossing.As many as nine families returned to Afghanistan through the Spin Boldak border crossing, 47 families through the Nim…