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Zan News: The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) reports that in the past two decades, 128 journalists and media workers, including 28 women, have lost their lives due to war events and organized crimes in Afghanistan. Photo: Al Jazeera Afghanistan Journalists Center: 128 Journalists Have Died in the Past Two Decades November 2, 2024 Zan News Zan News: The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) reports that in the past two decades, 128 journalists and media workers, including 28 women, have lost their lives due to war events and organized crimes in Afghanistan. On Friday (November 1), the center issued a statement calling for an end to impunity for crimes against journalists. The AFJC’s investigations show that due to the culture of impunity, law and justice have not been enforced in over 90% of these cases. The center also reported that in over three years of Taliban rule, at least 447 violations of journalists' and media workers' rights, including three deaths, dozens of threats and acts of violence, and more than 220 arrests, have been recorded. The Afghanistan Journalists Center emphasized in its statement that restrictions on journalists' and media activities under Taliban rule have increased unprecedentedly. The statement said: "The Afghanistan Journalists Center calls on the Taliban to ensure justice for victimized journalists and, while respecting fundamental journalists' and media rights, to revoke regulations that have unprecedentedly restricted media freedom." According to the Afghanistan Journalists Center, there is no prospect for ensuring justice for victimized journalists in the country. This statement is being released today, Saturday (November 2), coinciding with the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. The Afghanistan Journalists Center also expressed concern last month over the Taliban's new restrictions on media activities. Meanwhile, the Taliban declared a few months ago that the center's activities are "invalid."

Zan News: The "Voice of Afghanistan Uprising" movement has announced its existence, describing the situation in the country after the August 2021 agreement as the "darkest" period in Afghanistan. Photo: EPA-EFE "Voice of Afghanistan Uprising" Movement Announces Its Existence January 4, 2025 Zan News Zan News: The "Voice of Afghanistan Uprising" movement has announced its existence, describing the situation in the country after the August 2021 agreement as the "darkest" period in Afghanistan. On Friday (3 January), the movement emphasized the need to exert pressure on the Taliban, stating that the group has destroyed women's fundamental and human rights by depriving them of the right to education. The movement stated that the "criminal" group has systematically excluded women from social life. The "Voice of Afghanistan Uprising" movement, emphasizing the fight against gender apartheid in Afghanistan, condemned any form of engagement with the Taliban. In conclusion, the movement urged the international community to pressure the Taliban to create conditions that ensure the political and social future of women in Afghanistan. It is worth noting that since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, they have imposed widespread restrictions on all citizens, with the most severe pressure placed on women, depriving them of their basic human rights.

Zan News: Local sources in Badghis province report that the Taliban have banned the publication of images of living beings in this province. Social Media Taliban Prohibit the Publication of Images of Living Beings in Badghis October 22, 2024 Zan News Zan News: Local sources in Badghis province report that the Taliban have banned the publication of images of living beings in this province. According to these sources, the Taliban's Department of Information and Culture in Badghis instructed media outlets and publishing officials today, Tuesday (October 22), to refrain from publishing images of living beings from now on. The sources state that the Taliban have advised media outlets to use boards and still images, such as buildings and landscapes related to the topic, instead of images of living beings. The Department of Information and Culture in Badghis clarified that this order is according to the law of "Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice" endorsed that by the Taliban governor in Badghis. It is noteworthy that capturing images of living beings is considered a crime under the Taliban's law of "Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice." Recently, during visits to Khost, Nangarhar, and Laghman provinces, the acting ministers of Higher Education and Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice of the Taliban also did not allow media outlets to take photographs. Additionally, the Taliban's Ministry of Higher Education recently deleted all images and videos related to its activities and instead used images of buildings and symbols.

Zan News: On the occasion of March 8, International Women's Day, the Afghanistan Powerful Women's Movement issued a statement expressing deep concern over the situation of Afghan refugee women in Pakistan and calling for an immediate halt to their forced deportation. The movement has urged the international community and international institutions to take urgent action to support these women. Afghanistan Powerful Women's Movement Demands an End to the Forced Deportation of Afghan Refugee Women from Pakistan" March 3, 2025 Zan News Zan News: On the occasion of March 8, International Women's Day, the Afghanistan Powerful Women's Movement issued a statement expressing deep concern over the situation of Afghan refugee women in Pakistan and calling for an immediate halt to their forced deportation. The movement has urged the international community and international institutions to take urgent action to support these women. In its statement, published on Monday (3 March), the movement emphasized that while the world celebrates International Women's Day as a symbol of equality, freedom, and justice, Afghan women are facing enormous challenges. The statement noted that many of these women, compelled to flee Afghanistan due to the repressive policies of the Taliban, are now facing the threat of deportation in Pakistan. Members of this movement also, in a video released simultaneously with their statement, staged a protest showcasing the Taliban's treatment of women and the restrictions imposed by the group. The statement added: "We express our deep concern over the condition of Afghan refugee women who left Afghanistan in search of safety and a better life. Forcing these women to return to a country where they have been deprived of their fundamental rights—such as education, employment, and social freedoms—could endanger their lives and future." The Afghanistan Powerful Women's Movement has called on the Pakistani government to consider humanitarian concerns in its decision-making and to create conditions that allow these women to live in security. Additionally, they have requested the United Nations, human rights organizations, and host countries to take practical measures to prevent the forced deportation of these women and to provide the necessary support.

Zan News: The Afghanistan Journalists Center says that the broadcasts of "National Television" in Takhar province have been suspended due to the Taliban's ban on airing images of live creatures. At the same time, sources have also reported the suspension of broadcasts by two private TV channels, "Mah-e-No" and "Reyhan," in this province. Social Media Suspension of TV Broadcasts in Takhar Due to the Ban on Broadcasting Live Creature Images October 15, 2024 Zan News Zan News: The Afghanistan Journalists Center says that the broadcasts of "National Television" in Takhar province have been suspended due to the Taliban's ban on airing images of live creatures. At the same time, sources have also reported the suspension of broadcasts by two private TV channels, "Mah-e-No" and "Reyhan," in this province. On Monday (October 14), the Afghanistan Journalists Center released a statement saying that Habibullah Hanafi, the head of the Taliban's Department for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice in Takhar, emphasized during a meeting with media representatives and journalists on Sunday that the order to ban the broadcasting of live creature images must be enforced. According to this statement, following this order, National Television in Takhar halted its activities, and two private channels, "Mah-e-No" and "Reyhan," decided not to broadcast any images of live creatures. Additionally, according to a source in Takhar, the Taliban delegation sent to Takhar stated that the ban on broadcasting live creature images would first be implemented in the provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, and Takhar, and then gradually in other provinces. It is worth noting that according to the Taliban's Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice law, the broadcast of live images is prohibited, and the group's officials are tasked with preventing the dissemination of such images in the media. The spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice also told Agence France-Presse yesterday that this order would be implemented gradually throughout the country. Meanwhile, some Taliban departments themselves do not comply with this order and publish photos and videos of their meetings.

Zan News - Badakhshan: A landslide in the village of "Vani" in Yamegan district, Badakhshan province, killed one woman and injured four others. Landslide in Badakhshan Kills One Woman and Injures Four June 8, 2024 Zan News Zan News - Badakhshan: A landslide in the village of "Vani" in Yamegan district, Badakhshan province, killed one woman and injured four others. Mohammad Kamagar, the head of the Taliban's Natural Disaster Management in Badakhshan, confirmed on Saturday (June 8) that the incident occurred late yesterday. According to him, the person killed in the incident was a woman, and the four injured were men who were digging on the hillside. The injured were taken to the Yamegan district health center. A local resident said that after the incident, people informed the Taliban in Yamegan district, but no help was sent to the scene. He added that the residents of Vani village in Yamegan themselves took the injured to the hospital, and the condition of two of them is critical.

Zan News - Nuristan: Two people, including a child, were killed and one other injured in a clash between residents of two villages in Waigal district, Nuristan province. Clash Between Residents of Two Villages in Nuristan Kills Two, Including a Child June 1, 2024 Zan News Zan News - Nuristan: Two people, including a child, were killed and one other injured in a clash between residents of two villages in Waigal district, Nuristan province. Taliban local officials in Nuristan say the incident occurred around 3:00 pm on Thursday (May 30) between residents of the villages of "Arnas and Kalikel" in Waigal district of the province. According to Mujiburrahman, press officer of the Taliban's security command in Nuristan, the cause of the clash was a dispute over grazing land, and the clash lasted for about three hours before being stopped by the intervention of Taliban forces. Mujiburrahman says that one child and one man were killed and one other injured in the clash. The identities of the victims and the injured have not yet been released. The press officer of the Taliban's security command in Nuristan adds that investigations into the incident are ongoing. He did not say anything about the arrest of those involved in the clash between the residents of the two villages. Nuristan is a mountainous province in eastern Afghanistan, where most of the residents rely on livestock, agriculture, and natural resources for their needs. The province has previously witnessed similar clashes between residents of two villages over grazing land and tribal disputes, which have also resulted in casualties.

Zan News: The French Foreign Ministry has condemned the ongoing severe restrictions against women and girls in Afghanistan, stating that the exclusion of women and girls from public life makes Afghanistan's progress impossible. Photo: Getty Images French Foreign Ministry: Exclusion of Women and Girls from Public Life Makes Afghanistan's Progress Impossible August 17, 2024 Zan News Zan News: The French Foreign Ministry has condemned the ongoing severe restrictions against women and girls in Afghanistan, stating that the exclusion of women and girls from public life makes Afghanistan's progress impossible. In a statement, the ministry emphasized that as long as violence and threats against women and girls continue in Afghanistan, the country's return to normalcy will not be possible. The French Foreign Ministry denounced the violation of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and described the Taliban's decision to ban women from education and work as "unacceptable and unjustified." In the statement, the French government, noting that three years have passed since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, said it is committed to its pledges to use all means of pressure to improve the situation of the Afghan people. Furthermore, the French Foreign Ministry accused the Taliban of failing to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 2593, stating that the group has not adhered to its commitments and has repeatedly violated human rights. This comes as the Taliban have imposed severe restrictions on girls and women in Afghanistan over the past three years, including banning them from attending schools and universities, going to sports clubs, restaurants, public baths, and working in domestic and international non-governmental organizations, even UN offices in Afghanistan.

Zan News: Local Taliban authorities in Faryab province have reported the murder of a husband and wife in the village of Rahmatabad Beshbala, Qaisar district. Social Media Murder of a Couple in Faryab December 23, 2024 Zan News Zan News: Local Taliban authorities in Faryab province have reported the murder of a husband and wife in the village of Rahmatabad Beshbala, Qaisar district. According to Shamsullah Mohammadi, the Taliban’s head of information and culture in Faryab, the couple was shot dead on Saturday afternoon (December 21). Mohammadi stated that the victims were Halima, a 25-year-old woman originally from the village of Ziaratgah, and Abdullah, her husband, a resident of the village of Burghan. The couple had been living in Rahmatabad Beshbala, Qaisar district. He added that the suspect in the murder, identified as Maazullah, a resident of the village of Ziaratgah, fled the scene after the incident but was later arrested by Taliban forces. The motive for the murder remains unclear. It is worth noting that the rise in criminal incidents across the country has increased citizens' concerns. This murder marks the sixth similar case in Faryab province in just over a week.

Zan News: Following two traffic accidents in the provinces of Bamyan and Nangarhar, five people have died and six others have been injured. Five Dead and Six Injured in Two Traffic Accidents in Bamyan and Nangarhar July 17, 2024 Zan News Zan News: Following two traffic accidents in the provinces of Bamyan and Nangarhar, five people have died and six others have been injured. In the first accident, which occurred yesterday morning Tuesday (July 16) in the "Dahan Ahangaran" area of central Bamyan, a Corolla car traveling from Ghor to Kabul hit an electric pole, resulting in the deaths of two men and injuries to three women and a child. Taliban police in Bamyan cited excessive speed and driver negligence as the cause of the accident. In the second accident, which occurred at 4:00 PM yesterday on the Kabul-Jalalabad highway in the Mahipar area, a Corolla car collided with a "trailer" truck, resulting in the deaths of two women and injuries to two other people. An eyewitness stated that the victims of this accident were members of a family traveling from Jalalabad to Kabul. It is worth noting that traffic accidents in the country have increased in recent days. Early yesterday morning, an overturned bus in Baghlan resulted in 17 deaths and 34 injuries.