July 28, 2026, Bibi Sediqa, an ethnic Turkmen from a poor family in Badghis province, was arrested by the Taliban after refusing a forced marriage to Mawlawi Khodainazar, known as “Qazi,” son of Abdul Rasul, an ethnic Pashtun who serves as a local Taliban commander. Sediqa has been held in Taliban custody under harsh conditions for 21 months. Mawlawi Khodainazar, who is around 70 years old and holds significant influence within the Taliban, allegedly used armed intimidation to force Sediqa’s father to consent to the marriage.

July 17, 2026, Streamline: A landmark independent inquiry has unearthed chilling new allegations of systematic abuse and extrajudicial killings by British Special Forces in Afghanistan. Testimony presented this week details a culture of horrifying violence, including claims that soldiers used heavy machinery to torture and drop unarmed detainees purely for entertainment.

June 30, 2026, RAWA News: At least 28 civilians were killed and dozens more injured after Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Afghanistan’s eastern border provinces on Sunday. Afghan Taliban officials said the attacks hit civilian homes in Paktia, Paktika and Kunar. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan confirmed that at least 28 civilians were killed and 49 others injured in the strikes, describing the casualties as civilians and noting that women and children were among the victims.

June 10, 2026, RAWANews: HERAT, Afghanistan — June 9, 2026: The western Afghan city of Herat witnessed one of the most significant anti-Taliban protests in recent months on Tuesday, June 9, after residents took to the streets in outrage over the detention of women and girls by the Taliban’s so-called Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The demonstrations began in Jebrail Township, a densely populated area of Herat, where hundreds of residents gathered to condemn the recent arrests of women and demand basic rights and freedoms. Protesters repeatedly chanted the slogans “Education, Work, Freedom” and “Bread, Work, Freedom”, calling for an end to the Taliban’s escalating repression and the immediate release of detainees.

June 1, 2026, BBC: As dawn breaks, hundreds of men gather at a dusty square in Chaghcharan, the capital of Ghor province in Afghanistan.They line the roadside with weary faces, hoping someone will come along offering any work. It will determine whether their families eat that day.The likelihood of success, however, is low.Juma Khan, 45, has found just three days of work in the past six weeks that paid between 150 to 200 Afghani ($2.35-$3.13; £1.76-£2.34) per day.