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Taliban’s Ongoing Crackdown in Panjshir: Civilians Recount Arrests, Torture and Forced Displacement

Human rights organizations have previously described Taliban actions in Panjshir as collective punishment. In 2023, Amnesty International stated that many individual acts by Taliban forces constituted war crimes and that, taken together, they amounted to the war crime of collective punishment.

October 13, 2026

From Homeowners to Tenants: How the Taliban Is Taking Control of Kabul’s Omid Sabz Township

October 12, 2026

Territorial Control Without Governance: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the Crisis of Legitimacy

September 25, 2026

The International Criminal Court should recognize that Hazara women are persecuted both as women and as Hazaras

Moscow Format Talks End Without Joint Statement Amid Taliban-Pakistan Dispute

The International Criminal Court should recognize that Hazara women are persecuted both as women and as Hazaras

Afghan National Sentenced to 35 Years in US Prison for Sexually Abusing Minors

From Homeowners to Tenants: How the Taliban Is Taking Control of Kabul’s Omid Sabz Township

Asian University for Women Expels Afghan Students Amid Taliban Education Restrictions

Taliban Detain Female Poet in Northeastern Afghanistan Over Critical Poems

Clashes Erupt Between Taliban and Pakistani Border Forces in Southeastern Afghanistan

Pakistan Declares Emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as Border Clashes Kill 12, Army Says

News

October 24, 2026

Aid Agencies Seek $12.8 Million for Winter Assistance in Afghanistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Humanitarian organizations working in the shelter and non-food items sector have requested $12.8 million to provide winter assistance to vulnerable people across Afghanistan. According to a report by the Shelter and Non-Food Items Cluster, the funding will support humanitarian operations in 102 high-priority districts across the country.

October 24, 2026

Young Man Mysteriously Shot Dead in Central Afghanistan

October 24, 2026

UN Says Taliban Restrictions Hamper Women’s Access to Aid in Western Afghanistan

October 23, 2026

UN Calls for Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Decisions Affecting Their Lives

October 23, 2026

Armed Anti-Taliban Group Claims Attack on Bagram Airfield, Reports 10 Taliban Casualties

Opinion

October 12, 2026

Territorial Control Without Governance: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the Crisis of Legitimacy

September 25, 2026

The International Criminal Court should recognize that Hazara women are persecuted both as women and as Hazaras

September 19, 2026

Beyond the Law: The Informal Institutions Shaping Afghanistan

September 10, 2026

Afghanistan and the Architecture of Enduring Poverty

Women

October 21, 2026

One-Third of Afghanistan’s Nutrition Centres Shut Down Due to Funding Shortages: UN

October 20, 2026

EU Calls for Unconditional Reversal of Taliban Restrictions on Women and Girls in Afghanistan

October 15, 2026

Taliban Morality Police Arbitrarily Detain 443 People in Three Months, UN Says

Special Reports

October 23, 2026

Taliban’s Ongoing Crackdown in Panjshir: Civilians Recount Arrests, Torture and Forced Displacement

Human rights organizations have previously described Taliban actions in Panjshir as collective punishment. In 2023, Amnesty International stated that many individual acts by Taliban forces constituted war crimes and that, taken together, they amounted to the war crime of collective punishment.

October 13, 2026

From Homeowners to Tenants: How the Taliban Is Taking Control of Kabul’s Omid Sabz Township

Thousands of families in a mainly Hazara neighborhood of Kabul face eviction, rent demands and the possible loss of their homes after a Taliban court declared the land beneath them state property.

May 29, 2026

From Afghanistan to Everest: Zakia Ahmad’s Historic Ascent Offers Hope to Afghan Women

On May 21, Zakia Ahmad, known as “River,” reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first woman from Afghanistan to climb the world’s highest mountain. For River, Everest was never only about climbing a mountain.

May 5, 2026

Denied School and Work, Women in Afghanistan Build a Quiet Resistance

“When you lock the gates of a school, you are not just closing a building; you are sealing the door to a family’s future,” says Zalfa Mohammadi, an education activist who has spent years witnessing the transformative power of a classroom.

April 10, 2026

U.S. Deportations Send Afghans Back to Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

U.S. immigration authorities have deported at least 104 Afghan nationals directly to Afghanistan, according to an analysis of federal removal data covering October 2022 to March 2026.

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