ISKP targets journalists in attack on Mazar-i-Sharif Tebyan Cultural Centre
This was the second ISKP-claimed attack targeting the Tebyan centre. In December 2017, the group claimed a suicide bombing at the Tebyan Cultural Centre in Kabul.
Taliban display bodies of alleged ‘kidnappers’, ‘insurgents’ and ‘thieves’
In recent weeks, there has been a spate of incidents in Mazar-i-Sharif and Herat city in which the Taliban have displayed the bodies of men they describe as ‘kidnappers’, ‘insurgents’ or ‘thieves’.
“Now our director is a man” – the Taliban’s ban on women NGO workers
Interviews with women in the sector reveal that some organisations have replaced their female directors with men to allow operations to continue, while one president of a women-focused NGO says she is using her personal savings to keep office doors open.