Afghans seeking medical treatment or escaping threats in their country say their efforts to enter Pakistan are complicated by a thriving black market for visas. Amid reports that visas are being sold for exorbitant prices, the Pakistani embassy has fired 12 staff members over bribery accusations.
The head of a U.S. government watchdog says he is concerned that money sent by the United Nations to Afghanistan for humanitarian and economic aid will end up in the hands of the Taliban government.
This week’s Gandhara Briefing brings you our reporting on the growing opposition to Pakistan’s impending deal with the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan extremist group, anger over the seemingly coerced confession of an Afghan YouTuber, and forced evictions by the Taliban.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have been detaining and torturing civilians that they accuse of supporting an armed opposition group in the northern Panjshir Province.
The Taliban has detained a popular Afghan YouTuber and three of his colleagues for allegedly "insulting Islam" in one of their videos.
Human Rights Watch has called on the international community to impose tougher restrictions on Afghanistan's Taliban rulers in response to what the watchdog called a "grave human rights crisis" that has been especially affecting women and girls after the group's return to power in August.
As Pakistan moves closer to a peace deal with the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan, many in the country are questioning the concessions Islamabad is offering the group -- which they blame for killing tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers.
The Taliban has been accused of forcibly evicting hundreds of people from their homes in the northern province of Baghlan, the scene of deadly clashes between the militants and resistance forces.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says the international community must make the Taliban government in Afghanistan aware that it is going in the wrong direction.
This week’s Gandhara Briefing brings you insights on growing Taliban divisions, the plight of Afghan musicians in Pakistan, and how the Taliban is profiting from the booming people-smuggling trade.
Musicians fleeing Taliban persecution in Afghanistan face arrest and deportation from neighboring Pakistan. Islamabad has been toughening border measures and cracking down on undocumented Afghan migrants and refugees since the Taliban seized power in August.
The Pakistani Taliban has declared an indefinite cease-fire with Islamabad after the latest round of peace talks brokered by Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders.
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