UN records torture, deaths of detainees in Taliban custody
Reuters The United Nations has recorded over 1,600 incidents of rights violations against people detained by the Taliban authorities, nearly half of them acts of torture and ill-treatment mostly by police and intelligence agents, a report released on Wednesday showed. The UN Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) said 18 people had also died in prisons and […]
Over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed in blasts, violence since August 2021 – UN
Reuters Over a thousand Afghan civilians were killed in bombings and other violence since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021, according to a report by the UN’s mission to Afghanistan released on Tuesday. Between 15th August, 2021, and May this year 1,095 civilians were killed and 2,679 wounded, according to the […]
Afghan broadcaster airs rare all-female panel to discuss rights on Women’s Day
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Afghan broadcaster Tolo News on Wednesday aired an all-female panel in its studio with an audience of women to mark International Women’s Day, a rare broadcast since the Taliban took over and many female journalists left the profession or started working off-air. A survey by Reporters Without Borders last year found that more […]
UN Security Council denounces Taliban bans on women in Afghanistan
United Nations Reuters The UN Security Council on Tuesday called for the full, equal and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban by the Taliban-led administration on women attending universities or working for humanitarian aid groups. In a statement agreed by consensus, the 15-member council said the ban on women and […]
UN slams killings, rights abuses under Afghanistan’s Taliban
Islamabad, PakistanReuters Hundreds of people have been killed in Afghanistan since the Taliban overran the country nearly a year ago, even though security on the whole has improved since then, the United Nations said in a report Wednesday. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan also highlighted the poor situation of women and girls since […]
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan at record level in May-June – UN
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Nearly 2,400 Afghan civilians were killed or injured in May and June as fighting between Taliban insurgents and Afghan security forces escalated, the highest number for those two months since records started in 2009, the United Nations said on Monday. The UN’s Assistance Mission to Afghanistan said in a report it had documented […]
Number of civilians killed in Afghanistan – including children – reached new high in 2018, says UN report
More than 3,800 civilians – including some 927 children – were killed in the conflict in Afghanistan in 2018, accordng to newly released UN figures. The data, from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and the UN Human Rights Office, shows that the number of people killed rose 11 per cent on the previous year […]
Afghan province declared landmine-free after 10-year clearance drive
Thomson Reuters Foundation Afghanistan’s deadliest province for landmines has been declared free of the explosive devices after a decade-long clearance effort, the demining group HALO Trust said on Thursday. The organisation said it had cleared more than 600 minefields in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat, opening up 40 million square metres, or 15.5 square miles, […]