A United Nations report Monday strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings and stonings since seizing power in Afghanistan, and called on the country's rulers to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Conversations with Taliban allow US not only to protect its interests but also support Afghan people, State Department ...
Deobandism began as a seminary in the town of Deoband in India (from which it takes its name) around 150 years ago. John Mohammed Butt, an Islamic scholar, broadcaster and the first Westerner to ...
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 ...
The US engages with the Taliban when it serves its national interest, a State Department official said as Afghanistan’s de facto rulers continue to seek legitimacy from the international community.
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 ...