Women barred from studying at medical institutes

A Pakistani government deadline required undocumented foreigners, many of them Afghans, to leave or face deportation. UN agencies warned that families, including some with legal documents or refugee...

UNODC’s 2023 survey found that opium poppy cultivation had fallen 95 percent from 2022, following the Taliban’s April 2022 ban. The rapid change reduced a major source of rural earnings and...

Resolution 2721 requested a special envoy with human-rights and gender expertise following an independent assessment. It called for consultation with Afghan women and civil society while retaining...

The UN held its third meeting of special envoys on Afghanistan in Doha. Taliban representatives participated after prior meetings had been boycotted; Afghan women’s rights advocates and civil...

The de facto authorities published a morality law codifying rules that restrict women’s dress, movement, speech and public presence and empower morality inspectors. The law formalized and expanded...

UNAMA published a six-month review of the morality law’s implementation, enforcement and impact. Based on monitoring across Afghanistan, it described inspectors’ growing role and the law’s effects...

Russia formally recognized the Taliban government after accepting credentials from its ambassador, becoming the first state to do so since the 2021 takeover. The move signaled a diplomatic shift...

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani. The Pre-Trial Chamber found reasonable grounds to...

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman. A later UN-led assessment documented widespread damage and barriers to aid for women and girls.

Taliban authorities barred Afghan women, including UN employees, contractors and visitors, from UN premises nationwide. The UN warned the restriction threatened humanitarian work.