The Women’s Freedom and Thought Foundation, in a statement, said that restricting women’s movement and imposing the wearing of the burqa on women in Panjshir province is a continuation of the Taliban’s “misogynistic policies” and that these actions are in contradiction with religious values and international commitments.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said today, Sunday (August 10), in a new human rights report that the Taliban have increased enforcement of the mandatory hijab directive and imposed further restrictions on women’s movement.

With the suspension of visa extensions and the increase in arrests in Pakistan, dozens of Afghan journalists who fled to the country after the Taliban’s return to power are now facing the risk of forced deportation.

Local sources in Khost province say that in two separate incidents in the province, a teenage girl and a teenage boy have committed suicide.