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A woman was beaten to death with a wooden stick by her husband in Hazrat Sultan district, Samangan, on 1 November 2026. Taliban police said the husband was arre
A woman was beaten to death with a wooden stick by her husband in Hazrat Sultan district, Samangan, on 1 November 2026. Taliban police said the husband was arrested on suspicion of murder and that an investigation is underway. They cited family disputes as the motive. The article places the killing against a background of weakened legal protections and closed support services for women under Taliban rule.
HR-SGBV-01HR-LIFE-02 ICCPR Art. 7; CEDAW; Rome StatuteA Guardian feature compiling first-person testimonies from 12 Afghan women across Herat, Balkh, Kabul, Jawzjan, Faryab, Nangarhar, Daykundi, Samangan and northe
A Guardian feature compiling first-person testimonies from 12 Afghan women across Herat, Balkh, Kabul, Jawzjan, Faryab, Nangarhar, Daykundi, Samangan and northern provinces describes life under Taliban rule. The dominant harm is the systematic denial of education to girls and women — university closures, restrictions on schooling beyond 6th grade, and enforced dress codes with punitive expulsions. Additional specific violations include: two female former soldiers arrested in Herat whose fate remains unknown (enforced disappearance); a 12-year-old's classmates expelled from school for dress code non-compliance; a university student in Nangarhar left without recourse after the Taliban closed universities to women; an undercover journalist operating in constant fear of Taliban surveillance and arrest; and a dental assistant harassed by the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue. Women are also subject to severe movement restrictions, mahram requirements, and pervasive economic deprivation.
HR-WMN-02HR-DET-02HR-MIN-01HR-EXPR-01HR-SGBV-01HR-CHILD-02 CEDAW Art. 10; ICESCR Art. 13; CRC Art. 28The record is what reached us and passed review. Thin coverage in a province reflects reporting conditions and access as much as the underlying situation, and absence of incidents is not evidence of absence of violations. No figure here is a national total.