Public executions were common during the Taliban’s first rule from 1996 to 2001, the only other one they have carried out since returning to power was in December last year in Farah province.
The execution took place in heavy showfall in the city of Shibirghan, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, where the brother of the murdered man shot the convict five times with a rifle ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab is a lawyer, human rights advocate, and author. In May 2023, the de facto Deputy Chief Justice of Afghanistan ...
The calculated strategy of the Taliban to promote specific sports is aimed at projecting a sense of normalcy and asserting ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and ...
All in all, gender apartheid in Afghanistan will further deepen unless the world community and NRF augment their drive against the exclusive Taliban regime, compelling it to implement terms and ...
Conversations with Taliban allow US not only to protect its interests but also support Afghan people, State Department ...
The Taliban have barred women from education beyond sixth grade, most jobs and public spaces like parks. They have implemented corporal punishment and public executions, practices seen during ...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and ...