AJC condemns attempt on the life of Salam Watandar journalist
KABUL (SW) – The Afghanistan Journalists’ Center has strongly condemned the assassination attempt on Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, a journalist and editor associated with Salam Watandar.
Day: September 22, 2021
Afghan women have been “progressively excluded from the public sphere”
MONITORING (SW) – Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan last month, they have made some commitments to uphold human rights. However, their subsequent actions have “sadly contradicted” those promises, the UN rights chief told a side event of the General Assembly on Tuesday.
Citizens say growing crimes remain unchecked
KABUL (SW) – Multiple incidents of various crimes remained unchecked in the capital Kabul and elsewhere in the past couple of weeks, locals said.
Taliban pick Shaheen to represent Afghanistan at the UN
MONITORING (SW) – The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations in New York this week and nominated their Doha-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s UN ambassador, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
