As the Taliban`s restrictions on education continue, a new report by the United Nations Children`s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows that Afghanistan is facing one of the most severe education and learning crises in the world...

Amina Mohammed, the United Nations` deputy secretary-general, has urged the international community not to turn a blind eye to human rights violations in Afghanistan, saying millions of women and girls face severe restrictions under Taliban rule...

United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese Francesca Albanese, the UN`s special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, says Georgetown University`s move to end her 10-year affiliation is a fallout from US sanctions imposed for her work exposing Israel`s genocide in Gaza and US business complicity...

In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, the ban on women`s education does not end with the closure of school and university gates; it gradually drains life from families, hope from girls, and the future from society...

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says knowledge and education are the primary pillars of progress and dignity in any society...

‘The winning image of Hajira is a symbol of the quiet but unwavering resilience of millions of Afghan girls who have been denied access to secondary education for more than four years...

A photograph of Hajera, a ten-year-old schoolgirl from Nangarhar Province, has been selected as UNICEF`s Photo of the Year 2025-an image the jury described as a symbol of the "silent resistance and resilience of Afghan girls" in the face of the Taliban`s restrictions on education...

Spain`s Minister for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and International Cooperation welcomed around fifty Afghan women on Friday, 22 Qaws (12 December) at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the conference titled "HearUs 2025: Promoting Accountability for Women in Afghanistan...

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest outside the Microsoft Build conference at the Seattle Convention Center in Seattle, Washington, on May 19, 2025...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says that at least 10 civilians were killed and six others wounded in last night`s airstrikes in the provinces of Khost and Kunar...

Coinciding with World Children`s Day, Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan, has called for the immediate reopening of schools and universities for girls across the country...

In today`s Afghanistan, a 14-year-old girl does not die from bullets, but from the absence of opportunity-not in a terrorist attack, but in the systematic silence of empty classrooms...

Amnesty International has issued a strong warning following the enforcement of the mandatory burqa (chadari) for women in Herat, calling it part of the Taliban`s systematic campaign to erase women and girls from public spaces, healthcare, and social life, creating conditions that are "intolerable" for them...

The United Nations has announced that it has suspended its operations at the Islam Qala border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran after the Taliban imposed new restrictions on Afghan female staff...

Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, stated that the attacks carried out by the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISIS-K) against minorities in Afghanistan-primarily targeting the Hazara community-bear all the hallmarks of international crimes...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has emphasized that the meaningful participation of women in all areas of public life-including political dialogue and humanitarian response-is essential for Afghanistan`s stability, prosperity, and legitimacy on the world stage...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reported that the Taliban`s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice launched a series of crackdowns in Kabul and Herat between July and September to enforce the group`s strict dress code for women and girls, resulting in dozens of arbitrary arrests and detentions...

Bangladesh`s exiled writer Taslima Nasreen has slammed Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi for not allowing women journalists to attend a press conference in Delhi on Friday...

The People`s Tribunal for Afghan Women, currently being held in Madrid, Spain, continued its second day of hearings by examining various dimensions of the Taliban`s policies against women in Afghanistan...

A people`s Symbolic tribunal opened public hearings in Madrid on Wednesday to try the Taliban`s top leadership in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity and the systematic persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan...

In a message posted on X on Sunday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expressed hope that girls in Afghanistan will also be allowed to receive an education...

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday approved a landmark resolution establishing an independent mechanism to investigate serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, including those committed under Taliban rule...

The chairman of the National Congress Party of Afghanistan has reacted to the abduction of women by the Taliban from some Afghan cities, writing that gender segregation and ethnic and religious discrimination are rampant in the Taliban emirate...

Women and girls in Kabul report growing concerns for their safety and restrictions from their families on leaving their homes, amidst rising Taliban arrests over clothing violations...

Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, on Friday urged the immediate release of women arrested by the Taliban for wearing what the group deems as ‘bad hijab’...

The Taliban has arrested dozens of women in western Kabul over the past three days for wearing improper hijab, the Women’s Political Participation Network reported Thursday...

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the lower house during the winter session of parliament, New Delhi, December 20, 2023...

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his new report titled: The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security addressed issues including political progress, security, regional cooperation, human rights, and humanitarian aid...

MPs gather in the House of Commons ahead of the second vote on the emergency Rwanda migrant deportation bill in London, United Kingdom, December 12, 2023...

During its war on Gaza, the Israeli regime committed a variety of crimes...

A Palestinian boy reacts at the damages caused by an Israeli airstrike at a UN-run school sheltering displaced people, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on November 2, 2023...

UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Marta Hurtado The United Nations has rebuked France for banning the country’s athletes from wearing headscarves during the 2024 Paris Games...

Head of the Afghan-Turk Education Foundation in Afghanistan, Ahmed Tukur, said that in discussion with the Islamic Emirate’s officials, they are attempting to reopen schools for girls in Afghanistan...

US Special Envoy Thomas West on the sidelines of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that the restrictions imposed on Afghan women and girls affect their families the most...

On the two-year anniversary of the ban on girls’ education in Afghanistan, Amnesty International has requested the Islamic Emirate to take immediate action to reopen secondary schools for girls...

An Afghan woman walks among Taliban soldiers at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan...

A picture taken in Paris on January 26, 2022 shows the northern facade of the Elysee palace...

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Tuesday urged the UN security council to hold all perpetrators of human rights violations accountable...

Saudi Princess Basmah bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Saudi authorities have released Princess Basmah bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, a businesswoman and an outspoken human rights advocate, and her daughter, who had been detained without charge for nearly three years...

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reportedly backed secret experiments into schizophrenia on 311 Danish children, most of them from orphanages, during the early 1960s...

United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada al-Nashif reads documents prior to an extraordinary meeting on Ethiopia at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in Geneva, on December 17, 2021...

The United Nations Human Rights Council welcomed the Islamic Emirate’s decree on women’s rights issued on Dec...

People hold posters picturing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and candles during a gathering outside the Saudi Arabia Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on October 25, 2018...

The governments of the United States, European Union, and 20 other countries in a joint statement on Saturday expressed their concerns over the summary killings and enforced disappearance in Afghanistan reported by the Human Rights Watch HRW...

Pairs of children’s shoes and toys are seen at memorial in front of the former Kamloops Indian Residential School after the remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, May 31, 2021...

Emirati Major General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi speaks on his phone during the first day of the Interpol annual assembly in Istanbul, Turkey, on November 23, 2021...

A file photo shows Khurram Parvez, a prominent human rights activist in the disputed Indian-controlled Kashmir, who was arrested by India forces on November 22, 2021...

This file photo shows Major General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi, an inspector general at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Interior Ministry and a member of Interpol’s executive committee...

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh (Photo by Tasnim news agency) Iran has condemned a United Nations resolution on the human rights situation in the country, urging Canada, which is among the co-sponsors of the motion, to end its genocide of indigenous people and complicity in the Israeli regime’s crimes against the Palestinians instead of focusing on human rights in other countries...

German-Irish volunteer Sean Binder and Syrian refugee Sarah Mardini - Copyright Credit: AFP Two humanitarian activists go on trial in Athens on Thursday for providing life-saving aid to migrants and asylum seekers trying to reach Greece...