Afghanistan: Urgent Statement on Civilian Casualties in Asadabad, Kunar Province
We are deeply concerned by credible reports of civilian harm following strikes in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar Province. According to multiple local sources, attacks attributed to Pakistani military forces struck residential areas as well as the Afghan Syed Jamaluddin University, resulting in significant civilian casualties.
Preliminary information indicates that at least 48 individuals, including civilians and university students, were affected. Reports from local medical facilities confirm that dozens of injured individuals and several deceased victims have been received, many of whom are women, children, and students.
Eyewitness testimonies suggest that the strikes directly impacted civilian homes and an active educational institution. One student reported that the incident occurred while classes were in session, causing panic and injuries among those present. Such accounts raise serious concerns regarding the apparent targeting of civilian objects.
This incident reflects a troubling pattern of cross-border violence in Kunar Province, where previous strikes have reportedly resulted in civilian deaths, including among women and children, and damage to essential civilian infrastructure.
Under international humanitarian law, all parties to a conflict are obligated to distinguish at all times between civilians and combatants, and between civilian objects and military targets. Attacks directed against civilians or civilian infrastructure—including educational institutions—are strictly prohibited.
International Human Rights Foundation-IHRF call for:
1️⃣ An immediate, independent, and transparent investigation into the incident
2️⃣ Full accountability for any violations of international humanitarian law
3️⃣ Concrete measures to prevent further harm to civilians
4️⃣ The protection and respect of educational institutions and other civilian spaces
The repeated loss of civilian life underscores the urgent need for restraint and adherence to international legal obligations. The protection of civilians must remain an absolute priority.
(IHRF has ample evidence of the said incident, which is not being shared here, because of the graphic nature of the evidence. However, the evidence is being recorded for a subsequent report to the UNHRC tribunal)
Day 1,675 of Afghan girls waiting - and hoping - to be allowed back to school by the Taliban.
Education is a basic human right for all and Afghan women are still being denied opportunities available to others.
You are not forgotten.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
Armed Attack Targets Civilians in Shia Area of Herat; Casualties Reported
Local sources in Herat report that armed individuals opened fire on civilians in a Shia-populated area in Dah Mehri, Injil district of the province. According to the source, the incident has resulted in casualties, but the exact number of victims remains unclear.
The incident occurred near the shrine of Sayed Mohammad Agha.
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A mother, her eyes filled with tears, searches desperately for her son who was inside the rehabilitation facility, but he is nowhere to be found. She sits frozen, words failing her. In her silence, the depth of her pain is unmistakable
Videos of the Pakistani airstrike on Kabul’s drug rehab center show no secondary explosion or gunfire. Journalists and first responders arrived while the hospital was still burning, contradicting Pakistan’s claims of targeting a military installation and ammunition depot.
Rescuers are combing through the wreckage of a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, where Afghan officials say a Pakistani strike has killed at least 400 people.
BREAKING: More videos from tonight's Pakistani airstrikes which hit a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, killing or wounding an unspecified number of people, according to an Afghan Taliban spokesperson.
Pakistan’s government rejects this, claiming they targeted "military installations".
(Apologies, I'm unsure why the previous post says 'deleted'.)
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Pakistan Launches Over 270 Missile and Artillery Attacks on Kunar in the Past 48 Hours
Ziaurrahman Spin Ghar, the Information Director at the Kunar Department of Information and Culture, said in a statement that the Pakistani military regime has fired more than 270 missiles at various districts of Kunar over the past 48 hours.
According to him, no casualties have been reported in these missile attacks, but houses and buildings have been destroyed.
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Video: Officials of Kam Air told TOLOnews that the company’s fuel reserves at Kandahar Airport were targeted in airstrikes by Pakistan’s military regime last night.
They added that the fuel reserves had been stored for this year’s Hajj flights.
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Pakistan bombed the fuel depot near Afghanistan's airport of Kandahar, while the overnight strikes also hit residential areas in Kabul and the eastern province of Nangarhar, killing six people, including children, and wounding more than a dozen https://t.co/kAtF8Qoj0W
Pakistan bombed a fuel depot near Kandahar airport, the Taliban said, which supplied fuel to private airline Kam Air and UN aircrafts, escalating tensions with Afghanistan despite China's efforts to mediate https://t.co/UBUEy8Qr1Q
According to a recent #UNAMA report,the #Taliban have flogged at least 287 people, including women, over the past three months.
These punishments are part of a systematic campaign of violence and intimidation within a regime of gender #apartheid that disproportionately targets women.
The continued silence of the international community risks normalizing these abuses and allowing grave human rights violations in #Afghanistan to persist.
#Afghanistan #International
#AWJM #WEMEN
Today the Taliban has issued a "charter of principles" which has formally eliminated for women who face violence at home (abuse) the ability to legally separate themselves or get divorced. This is not legal reform - it is the formal establishment of the requirement for a woman to endure violence.
the way the charter is structured shows the overall approach to law taken by the Taliban. The brief legal provisions cited within the charter include a plethora of jurisprudential citations as if authority must be referenced rather than claimed. Legal systems develop law based upon obligation - the law does not reference or cite prior authorities - justice is not provided through footnotes.
the reliance upon jurisprudential citations indicates an awareness by the Taliban of the weakness of its own legitimacy. The inclusion of religious citations within legislative enactments by the Taliban attempts to convert political power into unassailable doctrine and protect the Taliban's laws from legal challenges by presenting dissent as heresy rather than as a valid legal critique.
the use of only arabic citations also shows the purpose of this endeavor. A legal system that does not communicate with the people in the language of its people, does not seek consent, it seeks submission. What is being developed here is not a legal system - it is a vehicle of domination cloaked in the guise of jurisprudence.
ALL EYES ON AFGHAN WOMEN 🇦🇫
A report revealed that Afghan girls as young as 5 and 9 years old have been sold for approximately $2,000 and forced into marriage with elderly men due to extreme poverty and ongoing instability cause by Taliban.
Human rights organizations state this is not culture, but a severe violation of children’s and women’s rights. These girls are being stripped of education, safety, and choice, facing lifelong physical and psychological harm.
This crisis underscores the devastating consequences of conflict and economic collapse, where desperation has led to the exploitation of the most vulnerable. Urgent international attention and sustained humanitarian action are essential to protect Afghan women and children and to ensure their fundamental rights are upheld.
Young Afghan woman: "If you're a woman and you have a toothache, you CANNOT get treated... Women are denied the right to education and cannot become dentists; and men are NOT allowed to treat women."
An Afghan girl cries:
“I wish God had never created women. Even animals can roam freely, but we are forbidden to step outside the house.”
The Taliban has permanently banned women from attending schools and legalized (sexual) slavery.
Zero protests by leftists or Muslims.
Courageous journalist Afghan/UK, Yalda Hakim explains what’s really happening. Plz all of you watch and understand, this shows the real situation of Afghan women and what realities. Dear @elonmusk, you should hear this too, as all we fight for freedom for Afghan girls and women.