UNAMA publishes first post-takeover human rights report

A suicide bombing struck Kandahar’s Fatima Mosque during Friday prayers. ISKP claimed responsibility. Human Rights Watch reported at least 63 killed; the attack underscored danger to Shia communities.

Executive Order 14064 blocked Da Afghanistan Bank property held in the United States and set out a process for Afghan benefit. The assets remained entangled in sanctions and litigation over who...

On the day secondary schools reopened for the new academic year, Taliban authorities kept girls above grade six out of class, reversing expectations that they would return. The indefinite closure...

Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada issued a ban on poppy cultivation and narcotics production and trade. The decree sharply curtailed a major rural livelihood and global illicit-drug supply...

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan, affecting Paktika and Khost and killing more than 1,000 people. Many homes were mud-brick structures in remote areas, complicating rescue...

A U.S. drone strike killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri at a residence in Kabul. The strike was the first publicly confirmed U.S. attack in Afghanistan since the troop withdrawal and demonstrated...

A suicide attack struck students taking a practice university entrance exam at the Kaaj Education Centre in Dasht-e-Barchi, a predominantly Hazara Shia neighborhood of Kabul. UN officials condemned...

The Taliban de facto Ministry of Higher Education ordered public and private universities to suspend women’s education until further notice. The order extended the exclusion of girls from secondary...

Taliban authorities directed national and international nongovernmental organizations to stop Afghan women employees from working. Women staff were essential to reaching women and children with aid,...

The de facto authorities notified the United Nations that Afghan women could no longer work for the organization in Afghanistan. The order extended the December 2022 NGO ban. The UN said female...