For Afghan women, who feel deserted by the international community as their lives have been crushed under the brutal rule of the Taliban, there may finally be a potential avenue for justice. We should welcome International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khanās decision to apply for arrest warrants for the Talibanās Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada…
Police in the Afghan capital say a suicide bomber carried out an attack Monday (September 2, 2024), killing at least six people and injuring 13 others. The blast took place in the southwestern Qala Bakhtiar neighbourhood in Kabul, said Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the Kabul police chief. The dead included one woman, he said, while…
Black-and-white also describes Western countriesā approach to Afghanistan since their humiliating exit from the country on August 15th 2021. They have made any progressāsanctions relief, recognition of the regime, a seat at the UNāconditional on restoring rights for women and girls, who are barred from many areas of public life including secondary education. The Taliban…
Afghan primary school girls make their way to home near the Shuhada lake in Kabul on March 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Taliban have deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans, a U.N. agency said on Thursday (August 15, 2024). Afghanistan is the only country in the world with bans…
Vijay Verma in āIC 814: The Kandahar HijackāĀ Netflix India has unveiled the teaser and premiere date of Anubhav Sinhaās IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. The six-part series is based on the infamous hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814 carrying 176 passengers in the final days of 1999. The airbus, bound from Kathmandu to…
