Meena Sadr is a former JURIST correspondent in Afghanistan. She now lives in the United States. The Taliban have lately passed the so-called Law on Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which “shall be enforced in all offices, public places, and people living in the territory of Afghanistan” (Article 4). The provisions of this [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are reporting for JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding the name of  our correspondent filing this dispatch.   The Taliban government’s recent enactment of the first-ever law governing Foreign Exchange Dealers (FXDs) and Money Service Providers (MSPs) in [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are reporting for JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding the name of  our correspondent filing this dispatch.   Three days ago, at a checkpoint in Herat, the terrorist group of the Taliban tried to stop a bike rider, [...]

This dispatch was filed by a JURIST legal correspondent in Afghanistan. For privacy and security reasons we cannot disclose her name. Reflecting the systematic misogyny now going on in Afghanistan, a government decree was recently published aimed at reducing the salaries of women professors and other government employees to 5000 AFG, or ~70$, without considering [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are reporting for JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding the name of  our correspondent filing this dispatch.   The Doha Meeting on the situation in Afghanistan brought together representatives from 25 countries as well as 5 major international [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are reporting for JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding the name of  our correspondent filing this dispatch.  The international community has begun two days of high-level meetings in Doha, Qatar focusing on the situation in Afghanistan. This [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on several terrorist organizations operating in the country, much to the concern of the international community. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on how the human rights situation in the country continues to deteriorate. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The text has [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reflects on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and internal and international concerns about the Taliban government’s capacity or willingness to address the situation. For privacy and security [...]

Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reflects on the current posture of Afghanistan’s justice system for women in the wake of the first International Day of Women Judges, marked on March 10. For [...]