Source: RFE/RL
The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan sent its foreign minister to Iran on January 8 to discuss Afghan refugees and a growing economic crisis.
Tag Archives: Human Rights
OIC Pledges To Launch Afghan Trust Fund In Response To Growing Humanitarian CrisIS
Source: The Organisation for World Peace
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) met in an emergency meeting in Islamabad on December 18th to discuss launching a trust fund addressing the humanitarian crises in Afghanistan. International organizations froze billions of dollars in aid and assets to Afghanistan after the Taliban took control of the country in August 2021. These reductions in aid delivery and frozen bank reserves have created a state of emergency in Afghanistan, with millions facing starvation and disease. The fund, managed by the Islamic Development Bank, would begin assisting by early 2022, though the amount to be provided remains unclear.
Taliban proceed with plans to strip independence of Afghanistan lawyers
Source: Jurist.org
Afghanistan’s Justice Ministry reiterated Monday that the country’s independent lawyers will need to re-certify under a new qualification process ser by the Ministry, signaling the intent of the Taliban authorities to plough ahead with plans to strip the country’s legal profession of its independence.
The life I built as an Afghan woman went in the blink of an eye
Source: Al Jazeera
At 11am on August 15, I was at Rabia Balkhi University in Kabul where I was teaching economics.
That day, only a handful – maybe 10 – of my class of about 30 had shown up due to the deteriorating security situation. The Taliban was fast advancing on Kabul having already captured the cities of Ghazni, Herat, and Mazar-i-Sharif.
More Than 300,000 Afghans Flee to Pakistan Since Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan
Source: Voice of America
The Taliban takeover of neighboring Afghanistan in August forced more than 300,000 Afghans to take shelter in Pakistan but now most of them are being asked to go back.
‘The Taliban say they’ll kill me if they find me’: a female reporter still on the run speaks out
Source: The Guardian
We return to the story of a journalist forced to flee as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August. Unable to return home without putting at risk everyone she loves and hounded by threatening calls, she remains in hiding in the country four months on
Taliban rule marked by killings, ‘litany of abuses’, UN says
Source: Al Jazeera
The United Nations says it has received “credible allegations” of extrajudicial killings of more than 100 former Afghan national security forces and others associated with Afghanistan’s former government since its fall three months ago, with most taking place at the hands of the ruling Taliban.
Afghan health system ‘close to collapse due to sanctions on Taliban’
Source: The Guardian
Large parts of Afghanistan’s health system are on the brink of collapse because of western sanctions against the Taliban, international experts have warned, as the country faces outbreaks of disease and an escalating malnutrition crisis.
Rights Group: Taliban Committing ‘Revenge Killings’ Against Former Afghan National Security Forces
Afghan Humanitarian Crisis, Drug Trafficking Worry Regional Powers
Source: Voice of America
Russia, China and India expressed concern Friday at the worsening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the spread of drug trafficking from the war-ravaged country.