A US court has sentenced two men to 25 years in prison each for attempting to assassinate Masih Alinejad, an Iranian journalist and women’s rights activist.

Marking the 25th anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on “Women, Peace, and Security,” the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called on the Taliban to ensure the full participation of women in Afghanistan’s public, political, and economic life and to uphold the country’s international commitments regarding women’s rights.

The Taliban’s Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Kunar province has claimed that, with the cooperation of religious scholars and tribal elders, it prevented a forced marriage and rescued a woman from domestic violence.

The Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that two women and three men were publicly flogged in Ghor and Balkh provinces on charges of “moral corruption” and “alcohol trafficking.”