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Carney visiting Qatar to drum up investment despite ‘brutal’ human rights record
17 Jan 2026 11:12 GMT
… Qatar has hosted the Taliban delegation since the group … engagement with its officials on human rights issues.
“Qatar has … regions across the world.
Human Rights Watch still raises numerous … change,” Juneau said. “Human rights in Qatar are atrocious and …
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Global silence deepens Taliban’s Afghanistan crisis
17 Jan 2026 15:05 GMT
… ’s growing international isolation under Taliban rule.
According to Russian official … the global stage.
Read more: Taliban strengthens diplomatic presence in India … governance capacity and respect for human rights. Observers warn that failure to …
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Taliban’s Gender Apartheid: Gordon Brown Condemns Restrictions on Afghan Women
17 Jan 2026 10:23 GMT
… UK prime minister described the Taliban’s restrictions as part of … by some countries with the Taliban, without guarantees for women’s … United Nations, have described the Taliban’s restrictions on women and … ” and a “grave violation of human rights.”
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The World This Week | Trump holds off on military action in Iran, European troops in Greenland and the first Taliban-appointed diplomat in India
17 Jan 2026 02:53 GMT
… the uprising. According to human rights groups, anywhere between 2 … has formally recognised the Taliban as the legitimate … diplomatic ties with the Taliban, giving them some legitimacy … foreign minister in the Taliban administration, visited India after …
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How Western unity on Taliban Afghanistan is quietly fracturing
16 Jan 2026 04:18 GMT
… allowed democracies to condemn the Taliban while avoiding the strategic … procedurally easier. Accrediting a Taliban-appointed mission becomes a technical … imposed travel restrictions on Taliban leadership, framed around human rights and governance failures …
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Why Iran’s Popular Resistance Exposes the Taliban’s Deepest Vulnerabilities
14 Jan 2026 23:14 GMT
… laws, as documented by Human Rights Watch.
For authoritarian regimes … U.N. Human Rights Council, the Taliban have not established … laws, as documented by Human Rights Watch.
For authoritarian regimes … U.N. Human Rights Council, the Taliban have not established …
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The Spillover After The Taliban’s Return To Kabul – OpEd
14 Jan 2026 17:57 GMT
… -affected country” from the Taliban’s victory in Kabul. … the spokesman for the Afghan Taliban — Zabihullah Mujahid — has … posture. For Kabul’s Taliban leaders, projecting an image … manage border security, uphold human rights, revive economic lifelines and …
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Iran cannot be bombed into democracy. But it can be helped to find its way there
18 Jan 2026 08:07 GMT
… ’s losing battle with the Taliban.
Yet that was not the … leader should be scrapped. Universal human rights, especially women’s rights, must …
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Taliban Courts in Farah: Cases Left to Gather Dust as People’s Voices Are Silenced
13 Jan 2026 15:11 GMT
… order from Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban Supreme Leader.
Former prosecutors have … , several human rights organizations have also raised alarm about the way Taliban courts … on human rights, stressed that the legal and judicial system under Taliban control …
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SIGAR’s Unheeded Warnings
17 Jan 2026 21:08 GMT
… remnants and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) operating …
Human rights, too, have been reduced to selective outrage. Under Taliban … ’s removal of the Taliban from its terrorist blacklist … longer tied to governance or human rights, but to utility. Stability …