A UN expert on Thursday expressed concern over the escalating human rights crisis in Afghanistan, asserting that the Taliban is increasingly governing Afghan society through repression and fear. UN ...

ISLAMABAD: In one of the recent interactions between Pakistani and Taliban officials, the presence of banned ...

Last week, the Taliban announced it was withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), rejecting the court's ...

The Taliban have threatened, assaulted and arbitrarily detained women and girls for not abiding by the prescribed dress code.

Otunbayeva discussed the complex interplay of humanitarian aid, geopolitical challenges, and governance in Afghanistan, ...

The identities of the detainees and reasons for their arrests will be made public soon. Read more at straitstimes.com.

By Daniel Johnson in Geneva UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the "abhorrent, dehumanizing ...

The UN monitoring report rubbished claims of the Taliban government that Pakistan was supporting Daesh. “ISIL-K suffered a significant setback in the summer, when Pakistani security forces ...

The 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council began today, Monday, February 24, in Geneva. Nasir Ahmad Andisha, ...

UK Statement at the 58 Human Rights Council during the Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Afghanistan.

A British couple in their 70s was arrested by the Taliban due to a "misunderstanding" that they had fake Afghan passports, Abdul Mateen Qaniee, the spokesman for the Afghan Taliban interior ministry ...

A dozen Dallas teens are urging the United Nations Human Rights Council this week to advance women’s rights and regional ...