Taliban Opens Fire on Herat Protesters Demanding Release of Women Arrested for Dress Code Violations, Killing at Least Two People
What occurred in Herat’s Jibrail district on 9 June 2026 is not, by any rigorous analytical measure, a singular event. It is a data point, the latest and among the most viscerally documented in a longitudinal pattern of state-sanctioned violence against Afghan women and those who dare to defend them. Multiple severe pieces of footage […]
UN Expert Expresses Concern Over Worsening Human Rights Situation In Afghanistan
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UN report warns of worsening human rights in Afghanistan under Taliban, citing gender persecution, repression, and a crisis.