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    Taliban Policies Have Shattered Afghan Youths’ Hopes for a Better Future, UN Expert Says

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    Over 330 Afghans Arrested While Attempting to Cross into Iran Illegally, Taliban Says

    One Killed, Two Injured in Latest Pakistani Attack in Eastern Afghanistan, Taliban Says

    US Lawmakers Criticize Trump Administration’s Plan to Deport Afghans, Warn of Taliban Persecution

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    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

    May 29, 2026

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

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    May 5, 2026

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

    April 10, 2026

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

    Terrorism in Europe
    March 8, 2026

    From Territorial Caliphate to Individualized Networks

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

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

    Beyond the Law: The Informal Institutions Shaping Afghanistan

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    Woman Beaten to Death by Husband in Afghanistan’s Samangan Province

    October 30, 2026

    UN Rights Expert Warns Against Normalization of Taliban Repression in Afghanistan

    October 27, 2026

    Italian Aid Worker Says She Has Heard of Taliban Members’ Daughters Attending Secret Schools

    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

    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

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Maisam Iltaf is a journalist at KabulNow. He is also a researcher and human rights activist. Iltaf’s research interests include refugee and forced migration, ethnic and cultural politics, identity and memory, and religious radicalization and violent extremism. His articles have appeared in the Diplomat, the Geopolitics, Global Voices as well as the Porsesh Policy Research Institute.
September 12, 2023

Bennett Briefs UN Council on Worsening Situation in Afghanistan, Calls for Action

August 14, 2023

Hundreds of Hazara Families Risk Forced Eviction in Khas Uruzgan

July 25, 2023

Remembering Enlightenment Movement: Tributes Paid to Victims on the 7th Anniversary

July 25, 2023

Taliban’s Strict Restrictions on Muharram Processions Continue across Afghanistan

July 23, 2023

Taliban’s False Amnesty: The Fate of Former Military Officers Who Return to Afghanistan

July 16, 2023

All is Lost: A Former Soldier and Her Journey to Safety

July 8, 2023

Defiant and Resilient: Women’s Two-Year Struggle Against the Taliban

June 19, 2023

UN Human Rights Council Discusses Taliban’s Human Rights Abuses in Afghanistan

June 3, 2023

Tragedy of a Migrant Shipwreck in Italy: What New Investigation Reveals?

June 3, 2023

Canadian Parliament Hosts Meeting on Hazara Genocide, Calls for National Support

May 26, 2023

How has Taliban’s Victory in Afghanistan Inspired the TTP to Dream Big?

May 23, 2023

Fighting the Taliban: Can Exiled Leaders Unite Behind a Shared Agenda?

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