Research Reports

Following the mass expulsion of thousands of Afghan refugees from Pakistan, concerns are rising over the safety and rights of women and girls returning to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Human rights...

A video circulated on social media shows school officials at Abdul Haq Baytab High School in Kabul violently beating male students with sticks for not wearing the uniform mandated by the Taliban. The...

The Afghanistan Journalists Center has reported that at least 10 journalists and media workers are currently in Taliban custody. The center has called for their immediate and unconditional release. I...

A new report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warns that Taliban-imposed restrictions have intensified Afghanistan’s education and humanitarian crises, leaving m...

A funding promise by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to support Afghan women cricketers in exile has sparked hope for recognition and the opportunity to compete on international grounds. One...

The Taliban’s Directorate of Information and Culture in Uruzgan has issued a call for residents of the province to gather at the stadium in Tarinkot to witness the public flogging of 15 individuals. A...

The Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has labeled UNAMA’s call for an end to capital punishment as “an affront to Islamic rulings, irresponsible, and unbearable.” The ministry stated that the imp...

The Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association (IBAHRI) says that since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, the human rights situation—particularly for women and girls—has continu...

The Union of Human Rights Activists in Europe has issued a statement warning about the increasing activity of individuals allegedly collaborating with the Taliban. In the statement, published on Tues...

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says that since the start of the second phase of the deportation of Afghan migrants from Pakistan, at least 17 women have given birth at health centers loca...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has established a special working group to support Afghan women cricketers in exile. Cricket boards from India, Australia, and England and Wales will collabora...

Maryam Nawaz, Chief Minister of Punjab province in Pakistan, described the deprivation of Afghan girls from education as one of the most painful manifestations of injustice during the Antalya Diploma...