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Mar 28

More than 100 villages devastated by fire since start of Sudan conflict last April

لقراءة المقال بالعربية At least 108 villages and settlements have been partially or completely destroyed by fire since the start of the...

Sudan Witness Airstrike Fire

Mar 28

Fires following reported SAF airstrike in El Daein, East Darfur

لقراءة المقال بالعربية CIR verified that large fires broke out in at least two locations in El Daein, East Darfur, on 20 February 2024....

Afghan Witness Airstrike

Mar 28

Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan prompt retaliatory actions from Taliban

Pakistan stated the strikes were directed at militant group members located in Afghanistan, while the Afghan Taliban claimed that civilian residential areas were hit. Afghan Witness confirmed the deaths of several children following the strikes and verified retaliatory shelling and gunfire from Afghan forces towards Pakistani territory.

Afghan Witness Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Women in Activism, Media, and Politics LGBTQ+

Mar 28

Accounts impersonating female journalists share pro-Taliban content

Many of the impersonator accounts identified by Afghan Witness repeatedly use derogatory language toward the Afghan LGBTQIA+ community and attempt to defame activists and news anchors in exile.

Afghan Witness

Mar 28

ISKP claim responsibility for attack outside Kandahar bank

According to the group’s statement, a suicide bomber targeted Taliban members withdrawing their salaries. Reports cite conflicting casualty figures, though a source at a hospital claimed 21 individuals were killed in the attack.

West Africa Displacement

Mar 25

Satellite imagery analysis of Malian population displacement dynamics

Sudan Witness

Mar 4

Urban combat between the RSF and the SAF in Omdurman, Khartoum

لقراءة المقال بالعربية Summary: Fighting in Omdurman has been ongoing since the start of the conflict in Sudan in April 2023, with...

Afghan Witness Resistance

Mar 1

The anti-Taliban Khutba of Mawlawi Abdul Shakoor Hanif

Shakoor's anti-Taliban speech departs from typical pro-Taliban Khutbas, and underscores the impact that dissenting religious voices can have against the Taliban regime

Afghan Witness Media

Feb 28

Pro-Taliban accounts promote Afshar Genocide hashtag

Pro-Taliban accounts began sharing posts commemorating the anniversary of the 1993 Hazara massacre on X on February 10 to denounce Massoud’s military operation, whilst anti-Taliban activists called out pro-Taliban attempts to exacerbate ethnic tensions

Afghan Witness Information environment Healthcare

Feb 28

Taliban measure to enrol women in public medical institutes promoted by bot-like social media accounts

The news that female graduates would be allowed to apply to study in public medical institutes in 11 provinces has been heavily promoted by social media accounts, some of which display bot-like behaviour

Afghan Witness

Feb 27

'Playing on both sides': Russian manoeuvring in Afghanistan on the rise

Over the past few months, Russia’s manoeuvring on Afghanistan appears to have increased, with indications of rising engagement with both Taliban and anti-Taliban forces.

Afghan Witness Arrest Gender-Based Violence

Feb 26

Surge in female suicides linked to forced marriages, Taliban violence, and arrests

Documenting 195 cases of suicide since April 2022, AW has observed a rise in female suicides since the Taliban seized power in 2021, and identified a pattern suggesting that ethnic minorities appear to make up a disproportionate share of the reported cases

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