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Taliban security forces shot and killed a child in the western Afghan city of Herat on 9 June 2026 after opening fire on a crowd demanding the release of women arrested for failing to meet the ...

2 dead including a child as Taliban police reportedly fired at one of the largest public demonstrations Herat's seen since 2021. Detention of women for 'violating dress code' sparked stir.

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The Taliban’s morality police have intensified the enforcement of the hijab, or Islamic head scarf, in western Afghanistan.

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Several people were injured in the city of Herat after Taliban security personnel reportedly opened fire to disperse a small protest organized in support of Afghan women arrested for dress code ...

The United Nations say that a violent crackdown on a protest in western Afghanistan has killed at least one person.