“It will be our execution order”: US deportations leave asylum seekers in limbo
An Iranian woman who was among 299 migrants deported by the United States to Panama has appealed to President Donald Trump for a reprieve so she…
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‘Schools are responsible’: Iran’s student suicides highlight growing tensions over its hijab laws
The enforcement of hijab rules in Iran is once again making tragic headlines. Over the past two weeks, two teenage girls took their own lives after…
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Taliban enforces burqa for female journalists: ‘We are the last ones resisting’
On May 19, female television hosts and journalists working in Afghan broadcasting received a new order from the Taliban: “Cover your face”. Our Observer, an Afghan…
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Afghanistan: Since the return of the burqa, women are slowly disappearing from the streets
On May 7, the Taliban ordered all Afghan women to wear the full-coverage burqa in public places. Since the decree was put in place, the difference…
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Taliban tribunal gives woman 40 lashes for talking to a man on the phone
It only took 80 seconds for two men to rain down 40 lashes on the woman huddled on her knees as a large crowd looked on.…
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Holding exams in the snow: A sign of ‘ethnic discrimination’ in Afghanistan?
Photos have emerged in Afghanistan showing rows of high-school students sitting on the snowy ground to take the annual university entrance exams. The photographs, taken in…
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Afghan Police published US Marines video presented as their army striking the Taliban
On October 12, the Afghan National Police posted a video on Facebook that they said showed Afghan helicopters bombing Taliban positions in Helmand province. The conflict…
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Investigation: videos reveal location of mass drowning on Iran-Afghan border
Dozens of Afghan migrants are feared dead after Iranian border guards allegedly forced them into a river on the Iran-Afghan border on May 1. Of the…
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Leaked videos ‘reveal’ rampant ballot-stuffing during Afghan election
As Afghans await the results of the presidential election held Sept. 28, many are watching online videos that appear to show ballot-stuffing, and wondering if they…
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Breaking windows, assaulting citizens: do Afghan MPs think they’re above the law?
A video of a Kabul shop owner being hit by an MP's bodyguard has enraged online users in Afghanistan. But the incident is hardly the first…
