Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch, New York-based organization, alleged on July 13 Taliban's prohibition on secondary education had already lost Afghan girls 300 days of schooling, with disastrous consequences for them, their families, and the nation's future. Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August 2021 and established rules severely restricting fundamental rights, particularly of women. They barred most girls from attending secondary education and… read-more

Recently, local newspapers in Afghanistan reported that a Taliban commander was seen giving his bride a ride back home in his military helicopter. The news became viral, and people on social media started condemning the act, calling it a "misuse of public property". However, Taliban's deputy spokesperson Qari Yusuf Ahmadi defended the commander, and termed the allegations "false". This comes almost a year after Taliban took over Afghanistan… read-more

Taliban have accepted India's decision to redeploy its technical team to its embassy in Kabul so that they may continue providing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. In accordance with international diplomatic traditions, Taliban spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi pledged protection for all existing embassies. On June 23, India announced the deployment of a technical team to the Embassy in Kabul to coordinate the activities of stakeholders in the… read-more

The Islamic State's Khorasan Province (IS-KP) conducted an attack on a Gurdwara in Afghanistan, as a revenge attack against the BJP leader's remark against Prophet Mohammad. ISIS claimed the attack and "Saturday's attack targeted Hindus and Sikhs and the "apostates" who protected them in "an act of support for the Messenger of Allah". In the attack, two people died, whereas seven people were left injured.

An IED explosion in Afghanistan's Spin Boldak area killed at least five Taliban combatants and one civilian. The explosion happened early in the morning on June 9. Security personnel were dispatched to the scene to examine the incident. Blasts are not uncommon in Afghanistan; on June 4, a bomb occurred in Kabul's Police District-4 using explosives transported on a bicycle, according to the Kabul security agency.