An unexploded mortar shell detonated in Chak district of Maidan Wardak province, killing one child and injuring four others.

Afghan women and girls under Taliban rule are facing severe restrictions. They are deprived of education and work, and many hold only the hope of leaving the country.

New findings by Zan News show that more than 60 percent of women and girls who were forcibly deported from Iran and returned to Afghanistan in the past three months are suffering from severe psychological and mental health problems.

The Taliban have flogged a woman and a man in Ghazni province on charges of “extramarital relations.”