Warning about the separation of thousands of children from their families. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that on average, about 20,000 Afghan refugees are deported from Iran and enter Afghanistan through the borders of Herat province every day. Tajuddin Oywale, UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, wrote on the social network X on Sunday
In a meeting with Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan, a number of members of the Afghan Women’s Rights Watch in Turkey criticized the ineffectiveness of global responses to Taliban policies. These activists emphasized that international stances against the Taliban have often been “superficial, slow, and ineffective,” and some statements have even indirectly
The conflict over pasture in Takhar; the Taliban supported the nomads and suppressed the local people. Local sources in Farkhar district of Takhar province have reported that the Taliban, continuing their discriminatory policies, have supported the Kuchis to usurp the pastures of the indigenous people. This action led to clashes between local residents and Taliban
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan, has warned that tyranny, censorship, and suppression of freedoms shorten the lifespan of regimes. On Sunday, July 28, he wrote in a message on the X network that a regime imposed on the people by force will eventually collapse. Without naming the Taliban, Hekmatyar said: “Where neither human
Taliban’s Dual Policy Towards Deported Refugees; Silence on Iranian Returnees, Support for Pakistani Returnees Following the increase in forced deportations of Afghan refugees from Iran, sources say that nearly 88,000 people have been returned to the country in the last two days alone; Mostly from the Hazara and Tajik ethnic groups. This is while the
Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s interior minister, has confirmed that a number of members of the group have secretly and arbitrarily targeted and killed officials and employees of the former government in revenge. Haqqani made these remarks during a meeting with local Taliban officials and families of slain members of the group in Kapisa province. While
The security situation in Afghanistan was one of the main topics of discussion at the 22nd Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Defense Ministers’ Meeting in Qingdao, China. Senior defense officials from these countries have expressed concern over the continued insecurity and activities of extremist groups in Afghanistan. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Blosov warned at the meeting
Following the deportation of more than 30,000 Afghan migrants from Iran in a single day, Amir Khan Mottaqi, the Taliban’s acting foreign minister, met with Alireza Bekdali, the Iranian ambassador to Kabul, and called for a mechanism to be set up for the gradual return of migrants. He expressed concern about the humanitarian consequences of
The Taliban, continuing their brutal policies, have publicly flogged two women in Jawzjan province for “illicit relations and running away from home,” in an incident that once again highlights the flagrant violation of human rights and human dignity in Afghanistan. The Taliban Supreme Court announced on Tuesday, 2025 June 24, that the two women were
Extortion charges at Taliban consulate in Mashhad; receiving millions of tomans from Afghan refugees Reports indicate that the Taliban have been collecting money from Afghan refugees at their consulate in the Iranian city of Mashhad. On Tuesday, “3 Saralan” in an interview with some media outlets, informed sources confirmed that Mawlawi Nusrat, the refugee affairs
