PTM Vienna Protest Condemns Pakistani Military Operation
On July 8th, Pashtun Tahfuz Movement (PTM) members, supporters and sympathizers staged a demonstration in Vienna to condemn Pakistan’s latest...
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Christians, Other Minorities Face Acute Crisis in Pakistan’s Punjab
By Fatima Chaudhary Sunni extremists and their supporters are hunting Christians in Pakistan, again, marking Pakistan’s failure to protect minorities...
Silent Dreams: The Story of an Afghan Educator in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
The following article was written by Hadia* as part of VIDC’s “Life under the Taliban” series, in which women and men from...
Protests in Chaman Halt Border Trade and Highlight Local Grievances
By Shinwari For nearly two weeks, life in Chaman, a crucial border town, has ground to a halt due to significant...
Pakistani Christians Live in Fear as Violence Targeting Religious Minorities Rise
By Kadeem Baloch Pakistan recently voted to bring a new government to power led by PM Shehbaz Sharif but the...
The Escalating Refugee Exodus: Ramifications of Human Rights Violations by the Taliban
By Nazila Jamshidi The extensive list of human rights violations by the Taliban, reported by the US State Department, will...
Taliban Executions Spark Legal and Human Rights Concerns
Ilhamuddin Afghan In February, the Taliban carried out the execution of three individuals in northern Jawzjan and central Ghazni provinces,...
Navigating Women’s Participation in the UN-Led Conference on Afghanistan: Opportunities and Concerns
By Nazila Jamshidi A two-day international conference assembled by the United Nations is set to convene in Doha, Qatar, next...
The Taliban’s Governance Challenges
By Ilhamuddin Afghan In the wake of the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan since August 2021, a complex narrative...
Pakistan Vengeance Against Pashtuns: The Exploding Afghan Refugee Crises
By A. Shafaq In what can only be described as an egregious act, Pakistan has decided to forcibly expel all...
