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Reports & Analysis
Original reporting by the Afghan Witness team

30 Apr 2024

Audio clip from Taliban leader addresses stoning of Afghan women

In audio clips circulated online in March, the Taliban’s Supreme Leader emphasised the strict implementation of Sharia punishments and spoke of harsher punishments for women.

22 Apr 2024

Rising reports of femicide: new digital map documents cases of violence and repression of Afghan women in ‘public’ roles

Female-led newsroom Zan Times used investigative reporting and open source techniques to document killings, disappearances and arrests of Afghan women.

10 Apr 2024

Afghan women protest Taliban’s policies on International Women’s Day

Afghan Witness has seen a downturn in street protests, with many women taking their protests indoors and online in an attempt to avoid suppression or violence.

28 Mar 2024

Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan prompt retaliatory actions from Taliban

Pakistan stated the strikes were directed at militant group members located in Afghanistan, while the Afghan Taliban claimed that civilian residential areas were hit. Afghan Witness confirmed the deaths of several children following the strikes and verified retaliatory shelling and gunfire from Afghan forces towards Pakistani territory.

28 Mar 2024

ISKP claim responsibility for attack outside Kandahar bank

According to the group’s statement, a suicide bomber targeted Taliban members withdrawing their salaries. Reports cite conflicting casualty figures, though a source at a hospital claimed 21 individuals were killed in the attack.

30 Apr 2024

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar relocated from state-owned land by Taliban officials

According to the Taliban, the land that Hizb-e Islami party leader Hekmatyar was living on had been provided by the Republican government and was not legitimate, as recognising it as such would imply recognition of the previous administration.

11 Apr 2024

Taliban issues further restrictions on Afghan female journalists in TV and radio

In Kabul, female presenters were reportedly told to appear on air only in full veiling, while in Khost, local media was prohibited from broadcasting calls from women and girls.

4 Apr 2024

Afghan media outlet Etilaatroz launch fact-checking unit as a result of Afghan Witness partnership

The Etilaatroz team have been working steadily with AW to learn fact-checking methodologies and develop open source skills.

28 Mar 2024

Accounts impersonating female journalists share pro-Taliban content

Many of the impersonator accounts identified by Afghan Witness repeatedly use derogatory language toward the Afghan LGBTQIA+ community and attempt to defame activists and news anchors in exile.

1 Mar 2024

The anti-Taliban Khutba of Mawlawi Abdul Shakoor Hanif

Shakoor's anti-Taliban speech departs from typical pro-Taliban Khutbas, and underscores the impact that dissenting religious voices can have against the Taliban regime

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