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Diwali Beyond Borders: Light for Afghanistan’s Hindu and Sikh Communities

For generations, Hindus and Sikhs were part of Afghanistan’s social and cultural landscape, running shops and tending temples and gurdwaras in cities such as Kabul, Jalalabad and Ghazni. Decades of conflict, discrimination and migration thinned their ranks, and the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 hastened the departures.

October 30, 2026

Taliban Torture Civilians, Demand Cash for Weapons They Don’t Have

October 23, 2026

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

October 13, 2026

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

Nearly 1.3 Million Afghans Return from Iran and Pakistan in Nine Months, UN Says

Turkish Intelligence Arrests ISIS-K Member in Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Region

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

Clashes Erupt Between Taliban and Pakistani Border Forces in Southeastern Afghanistan

Four Afghan Migrants Reportedly Beaten to Death by Turkish Border Guards

Pakistani Media Reports Deaths of Afghan Taliban Fighters in Border Clashes

Taliban Set Fire to Hundreds of Musical Instruments as Crackdown on Music Continues

Woman Shot Dead by Husband in Eastern Afghanistan Amid Rising Domestic Violence

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November 14, 2026

Taliban Justice Minister Orders Closure of Khatam al-Nabieen Private Hospital in Kabul

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Jawad Mohseni, the owner of Khatam al-Nabieen Private Hospital, says the medical facility has been shut down on the orders of Abdul Hakim Sharaee, the Taliban’s Minister of Justice. In a statement published on his Facebook page on Saturday, November 14, Mohseni said Sharaee had informed the hospital’s management last week that it must either hand over the administration and management of the facility to the Taliban minister or face closure.

November 14, 2026

Afghanistan’s Polio Cases Rise to 50 in 2026, WHO Reports

November 14, 2026

WHO Warns Diabetes Is Becoming a Major Public Health Challenge in Afghanistan

November 14, 2026

ICC Closes Original Afghanistan Investigation, Continues Probe into Taliban Crimes Separately

November 13, 2026

Poverty Leaves Afghan Children Vulnerable to Taliban Recruitment, UN Official Warns

Opinion

November 8, 2026

Diwali Beyond Borders: Light for Afghanistan’s Hindu and Sikh Communities

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

Women

November 12, 2026

Teenage Boy, Young Woman Die by Suicide in Southern Afghanistan as Cases Surge

November 12, 2026

Amnesty International Launches Global Campaign to Highlight Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan

November 12, 2026

Two Women Killed, Two Others Injured in Family Violence Incident in Northern Afghanistan

Special Reports

October 30, 2026

Taliban Torture Civilians, Demand Cash for Weapons They Don’t Have

M. Muradi no longer wants to return to his home in Malistan district of Ghazni province. The elderly man was forced to leave his home and seek refuge in Kabul a few months ago after spending two weeks in Taliban custody, where he says he was subjected to relentless torture. He now lives with his daughter in Kabul, while his elderly wife and two other daughters remain in Malistan.

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.

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