A group of United Nations experts said on Friday (November 25) that the way the Taliban are treating Afghan women and girls could amount to a crime against humanity.

UN experts say Taliban's treatment of women could amount to crime against humanity

Afghanistan has been suffering from a severe food crisis since the Taliban took back control and in order to combat the situation, some citizens have come up with disturbing and sometimes even dangerous measures.

From selling organs to sedating kids: How Afghanistan is ravaged by economic crisis

Taliban flogged 14 people including three women at a football stadium. According to Taliban, these people were thrashed as they were guilty of theft and moral crimes. The Taliban-led Supreme Court released a statement on Twitter adding that two other people were also lashed in eastern Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Taliban thrashes 14 people including women at football stadium

Afghanistan: Taliban lashes 14 people for theft, moral crimes; SC takes to Twitter to confirm

In what may be the first official confirmation of Taliban enforcing their strict interpretation of the Islamic law in Afghanistan, the ruling group’s supreme court, on Monday, said that 19 people were publicly lashed for crimes including theft, running away from home, adultery and so on.

Taliban official confirms 19 people charged with various crimes were lashed 39 times

Pakistan on Monday (November 21) reopened a border crossing with Afghanistan which was shut for trade and transit. The crossing was closed post clash between security forces last week.

Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing re-opened after hostilities

A key border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan in the southwestern region was reopened for trade and pedestrian movements on Monday, after the Taliban handed over the Afghan assailant who killed a Pakistani soldier at the border.

Afghanistan-Pakistan border reopened after Taliban hand over Pak soldier killer

Even after officials from Afghanistan and Pakistan sat down for talks, no breakthrough has been achieved. Watch this video to know more.

Pakistan-Afghanistan Chaman border crossing remains closed

A major border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has been closed for trade and transit. This happened after the clash between security forces from both the sides. The clash was reported between Taliban and Pakistani forces on November 13.

Taliban, Pakistan forces clash: Key Afghan borders remain closed, Pak says no plans to reopen border

It has been more than a year since Taliban takeover of war-torn Afghanistan. Now, Taliban forces full implementation of Sharia. Is Taliban 2.0 any different? Watch this report.

Is Taliban 2.0 any different? Taliban forces full implementation of Sharia

When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, they promised women equal rights but more than a year later, the Taliban are escalating restrictions against women, stripping them off their basic rights and compelling them to lead a life like a second-class citizens.

Life under the 'new Taliban'

A major clash erupted between the Taliban and Pakistani forces near a border at Afghanistan’s Spin Boldak district, which was later shut down for trading and transit.

Pakistan, Taliban clash after Afghan kills guard at border, crossing closed for trade

Afghanistan's supreme leader has ordered judges to fully enforce aspects of Islamic law that include public executions, stonings and floggings, and the amputation of limbs for thieves, the Taliban's chief spokesman said.

Afghan supreme leader orders full enforcement of Islamic law

The Taliban's chief spokesperson said on Sunday (November 23) that Afghanistan's supreme leader has ordered the judges to fully implement aspects of the Islamic law that include public executions, stonings and floggings, and the amputation of limbs for thieves.

Public executions, stonings, and more: Taliban order full implementation of Islamic law

Days after banning Afghan women from parks and amusement centres, the Taliban announced on Sunday that women are now forbidden from using gyms and public baths. Despite promises from staunch Islamists that they would usher in a lighter version of the harsh rule that characterised their first period in power, which ended in 2001, women are progressively being excluded from public life since the Taliban's return in 2021.

Taliban prohibit Afghan women from using gyms and public baths, days after banning them from parks

Zainab, a thirteen-year-old, was compelled to choose a wedding dress instead of a new school uniform as there is no chance of girls' schools reopening in Afghanistan.

'Idle' Afghan girls married off with no prospect of schools reopening

The Taliban have banned Afghan women from gyms and parks. The group says women were not wearing hijab and ignoring gender segregation. What happened to the Taliban's promise of giving women their rights?

Gravitas: The Taliban ban Afghan women from gyms

The Taliban-administered Afghanistan government plans to send 65,000 Afghans to work in West Asia. The Taliban Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs said that of the 65,000 Afghan individuals to be designated for work outside the country, 15,000 shepherds will be sent to work in Turkey, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.

Taliban to send 15,000 Afghans to shepherd livestock in West Asian nations

Women in Afghanistan will be denied entry to amusement parks in the country, the Taliban government's "morality police" ordered on Wednesday. The ban adds to a series of gender-oppressive measures imposed by the Taliban-led government after it dethroned the democratically-elected Ashraf Ghani government in Kabul last August, followed by a chaotic exit of the last US forces stationed there in operative capacity since the aftermath of September 11, 2001 attacks.

Afghanistan: Taliban issue fresh order, now ban women's entry to amusement parks

Since the Taliban takeover, women in the country have been deprived of livelihood, identity and even equality. In a fresh dictator, the Taliban have announced that women in Kabul will not be allowed to access public parks.

Afghanistan: Women stopped from entering parks in Kabul as Taliban issues new diktat

Many Afghan schoolgirls are resorting to working in the country's saffron fields in the western province of Herat since the Taliban shut their schools for more than a year now.

South Asia Diary: Afghan school girls turn to saffron fields

The European Union has given a donation of EUR50 million (USD 49.7 million) in an effort to strengthen the lives and resilience of Afghan people, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).

EU donates 50 million euros to strengthen World Food Programme for Afghanistan

New figures released under the Freedom of Information request made by a UK non-profit Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) has found that the government had hid the number of killed Afghan children and compensation paid for the casualties.

British forces killed more children in Afghanistan than it previously acknowledged: Report

Is Russia recruiting Afghan Commandos? A new report claims Afghans are fighting for Russia in the battlefield against Ukraine. Molly Gambhir reports.

Gravitas: Is Russia recruiting Afghan Commandos?

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