Former Kabul University professor Mohammad Yunus Toghian Sakai passed away. Dr. Mohammad Yunus Toghian Sakai, a former Kabul University professor and renowned researcher of Persian literature, passed away. He died on Saturday, October 4, 2025, in the US state of California due to cancer at the age of 69. Sakai taught the history of literature
The Taliban and the plan to eliminate journalists; systematic suppression of the media continues. The Taliban have a harsh and inhumane treatment of the media and journalists. Relatives of Mehdi Ansari, a reporter for the Afghan News Agency who has been in Taliban prison for more than a year and a half, say that his
World Access to Information Day; Taliban Restrict Media Freedom and Information. The Afghanistan Journalists Center(AFJC) announced on Sunday, September 28, 2025, on the occasion of World Access to Information Day, that the Taliban have severely restricted freedom of expression, media independence, and public access to information over the past four years by issuing at least
Guterres to Taliban: Women’s participation is a fundamental right. In his recent speech, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed that women’s participation in decision-making is a fundamental right, not a privilege. She also warned that global progress on gender equality has been very slow and no country has yet achieved full equality for women and girls.
Stabilization of pastures and government lands in Badakhshan; Taliban ready to relocate nomads and Pashtuns. Sources from Badakhshan say that the Taliban recently sent a delegation consisting of people from Kandahar and Helmand to Badakhshan province to stabilize government ownership and pastures in the province. Local sources add that the composition of this delegation did
Taliban impose new restrictions on journalists in Laghman. Local sources in Laghman province say the Taliban have ordered journalists and media officials to change their appearance in accordance with the group’s interpretation of “sharia.” According to a new order from the Taliban’s Directorate for Promoting Righteousness and Preventing Evil, journalists must grow beards, wear turbans,
Afghanistan Journalists Support Organization: Taliban want to silence the people’s voices by restricting the internet. Afghanistan Journalists Support Organization has issued a statement announcing that the Taliban have cut off or restricted the internet in several provinces of the country; An action that the organization considers a violation of freedom of expression and a serious
The Taliban confirmed the arrest of a female teacher in Herat. Local sources in Herat say that about 15 days ago, a teenage girl was arrested by Taliban officers for teaching mathematics and several other subjects and was transferred to prison after several days of detention in the district. His family has been unable to
When an Afghan woman becomes a symbol of determination and resistance against the Taliban. Aziza Akrami, an Afghan social activist and entrepreneur, was elected as the representative of Afghan youth to the United Nations for 2025. She was able to win this position in a competition between three candidates, beating Fatima Forotan and Wazhma Rahmani.
The Taliban once again called Panjshir teachers to take a religious exam. Local sources in Panjshir province say that the Taliban have once again launched a religious exam for male and female teachers in the province. According to them, this process was implemented today (Thursday) in a number of Panjshir schools and all teachers were
