Afghan Witness Open source 4th Apr 22 How we used OSINT to reveal child market misinformation Recently, the team was sent a video of an alleged child-selling market, but all was not what it seemed…
Afghan Witness Policies and Restrictions Education 30th Mar 22 Kabul ‘Mother’s Statue’ covered then removed The statue was censored with black cloth, before being removed entirely
Afghan Witness Executions Information environment Explosions 29th Mar 22 Hashtag StoptajikGenocide spikes with execution video Use of the hashtag surged between March 10-16.
Afghan Witness 28th Mar 22 ISKP continue attacks in Kabul Since November 13, AW have verified 18 ISKP-claimed attacks in Kabul.
Afghan Witness Policies and Restrictions Education 25th Mar 22 "I have no aspirations for the future" - female university students on Taliban restrictions AW talks to five female students about the reality of attending university as women in the ‘new’ Afghanistan.
Afghan Witness Minority Rights 24th Mar 22 ISKP claim attacks on minority neighbourhoods, as well as Taliban The Taliban has previously stated that the ISKP is no longer a serious threat in the country, though attacks throughout November and December suggest otherwise.
Afghan Witness Policies and Restrictions 23rd Mar 22 Taliban attempt to disrupt female-led protests, in some cases responding with violence Following a ban on non-approved protests, women campaigners and journalists have been met with force on several occassions
Afghan Witness Women in Activism, Media, and Politics 22nd Mar 22 Female activists, journalists and singer released Reports of further arrests continue to spark fear
Afghan Witness Protest 22nd Mar 22 Civilians killed in Khost protest by accident, Taliban claim Two individuals were accidentally killed as shots were fired into the air to control the crowd, the group says.
Afghan Witness Disinformation 21st Mar 22 Video claiming to show child selling actually from Badghis earthquake relief effort A popular post on social media claimed to show child selling, but was found to be inaccurate by AW investigators.
Afghan Witness Healthcare 18th Mar 22 Explosions hit Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital AW has geolocated one of the attacks, and analysed available footage.
Afghan Witness Disinformation 15th Mar 22 Three examples of widely-shared misinformation about Afghanistan Using OSINT techniques, Afghan Witness has verified multiple examples of inaccurate content in recent months.