Afghanistan News » Herat News Afghanistan » Herat » Politics: Herat governor, Iranian consul general discuss trade, transit ties
Herat officials and Iran’s consul general have discussed measures to boost cross-border trade, improve transit facilities and advance joint economic projects, including the Herat–Khaf railway.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Politics: Inside Herat, Where a Taliban Campaign Targets a Cosmopolitan Outpost
Afghanistan’s leader has exerted full control over a city that once enjoyed looser social norms, even under Taliban rule.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Politics: Afghan Taliban clamp down on women, smartphones, protests
The news from Afghanistan — or at least the news that can be gleamed and pieced together through the screen of censorship imposed by the Taliban regime — is alarming. In early June, Taliban ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Politics: Death toll of shooting in Afghanistan's Herat hits 11
AFGHANISTAN: The death toll from a shooting in western Afghanistan rose to 11 on Saturday, the provincial authority said, after gunmen targeted civilians at a picnic spot in Herat. Bullet marks were ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Politics: Protesters injured during demonstration against Taliban-imposed dress code for women
A crackdown by Afghan authorities on a protest against the arrest and detention of more than a dozen women over dress code violations reportedly injured at least three people Tuesday. Subscribe to ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Politics: Afghans Hold Rare Public Protests Against Taliban Rules
The United Nations said it was “deeply concerned” about the arrests of dozens of women, and reported that two people were killed in protests organized to support them. By Yaqoob Akbary and Zane Irwin ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Politics: The Women Who Refuse to Be Silenced in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
While political tensions and human right violations in Afghanistan have been a flashpoint since 2021 but information about ground realities has been scarce as it is pretty isolated in its rule ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Politics: Women detained in Afghanistan's Herat in clothing crackdown, eyewitnesses say
Residents in the western Afghan city of Herat told the AFP news agency they had witnessed several women detained by the Taliban government's morality police, in a crackdown over clothing which has ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Politics: U.N. says at least 1 killed in crackdown on protests against the arrest of women in Afghanistan
The United Nations say that a violent crackdown on a protest in western Afghanistan has left at least one person dead Wednesday 10 June 2026 17:19 BST From reproductive rights to climate change to Big ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Politics: Taliban Bars Women Without A Burqa From Entering Hospitals In Afghanistan
The Taliban has barred female patients, visitors, and medical staff who do not wear the all-encompassing burqa from entering public hospitals in western Afghanistan, the latest restriction by the hard ...