On one hot summer day, after a difficult school exam, I returned home. My father called everyone and, with a voice full of concern, asked us to get ready to leave. The war in the north had intensified and the sound of clashes had filled everywhere with fear and horror. People were leaving their homes one by one to save their lives.

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.