UNAMA reports on enforcement of the morality law

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...

Afghanistan’s de facto Ministry of Public Health verbally directed medical institutes that female students would not be allowed to attend classes beginning 3 December. UNAMA reported the instruction...

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.

The ICC issued warrants for education minister Habibullah Agha and higher-education minister Neda Mohammad Nadim, alleging gender persecution as a crime against humanity. Warrants are not convictions.