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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

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

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

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

Pakistani Media Reports Deaths of Afghan Taliban Fighters in Border Clashes

Anti-Taliban NRF Claims Taliban Intelligence Deputy Killed in Northeastern Afghanistan

News

October 28, 2026

Pakistan Army Says Nine Militants Killed in Operations in Balochistan

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Pakistan’s military said on Wednesday, October 28, that nine militants were killed during two security operations in Balochistan province, which borders Afghanistan, amid a continuing surge in militant violence across Pakistan. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistani military’s media wing, said the operations were conducted on October 26 in Kachhi and Wadh districts following intelligence reports about the presence of militants allegedly linked to what Pakistan calls Fitna al-Hindustan.

October 28, 2026

Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Clashes Leave One Civilian Dead, Five Injured

October 27, 2026

Afghanistan Ranks Second-Worst Globally in Rule of Law Index

October 27, 2026

Afghanistan’s Exports Fall Over 17% as Pakistan Border Closures Disrupt Trade

October 27, 2026

Daughters of Taliban Members Attend Secret Schools in Afghanistan, Italian Aid Worker Says

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 27, 2026

Daughters of Taliban Members Attend Secret Schools in Afghanistan, Italian Aid Worker Says

October 27, 2026

Man Kills Wife, Dies by Suicide in Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province

October 21, 2026

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

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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