Afghan taxi drivers defy the Taliban’s music ban
Afghan taxi drivers are playing music in their cars despite it being banned by the Taliban.
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Afghan taxi drivers are playing music in their cars despite it being banned by the Taliban.
In this edition, we focus on Afghanistan, which recently marked the fifth anniversary of the Taliban's return to power. Since then, the exclusion of women and girls has become normalised, with the government systematically dismantling the rights of more than half the country's population.
Pakistan's security forces report ongoing cross-border fire in latest fighting with Afghanistan.
Pakistan says it struck 10 targets, adding the strikes were "strictly limited to identified military objectives".
The Committee is tasked to fix responsibility for violations and recommend appropriate action
Pakistan launched air strikes Thursday on 10 sites in Afghanistan in what Islamabad said was a retaliation for a drone attack by Afghanistan's Taliban forces on a border post. A Taliban government spokesman denied the allegation and said Pakistan's latest strikes killed four civilians in Afghanistan's southern and eastern provinces.
Afghan cyclist Fariba Hashimi wins silver in the women's road race at the Asian Games, having fled oppression in her home country to pursue a sporting dream.
Fariba Hashimi, who used to disguise herself as a man to train in Afghanistan, finishes second in women's road race.
As of August, the number forced to return this year from Pakistan and Iran had reached another million.