afghanistan

The Digest: The Taliban has introduced a new 90-page penal code in Afghanistan that effectively legalises domestic violence by criminalising only abuse resulting in "broken bones or open wounds," according to human rights group Rawadari . Under Article 32, husbands who beat their wives with...

The Digest: In a night of tragedy, a powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake has devastated a remote, mountainous region of Afghanistan, killing over 800 people. Taliban authorities have warned that the death toll is expected to rise as rescuers continue to search for survivors in the rubble of...