With the start of the new academic year, it will be the fourth year in a row that girls’ schools have been kept closed for ...

Taliban insist Afghan women’s rights are protected despite ongoing ban on education - Since the Taliban took control of ...

The Taliban say Afghan women live in security with their rights protected. Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in ...

The Taliban has banned women’s voices from all radio broadcasts in Kandahar, marking another severe restriction on women.

The darkening rule of the Taliban regime over Afghanistan continues to dim prospect women's rights as well as any chances for the war-torn country to overcome an ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...

The Taliban swiftly regained control of Afghanistan in 2021 after the US withdrew its last troops from the country. Despite initially declaring that women would be allowed to work and study ...

The UN Security Council states peace in Afghanistan is unattainable without reversing bans on women and girls' rights to ...

The Taliban issued a message on International Women’s Day, saying Afghan women live in security with their rights protected, even as the U.N. condemned ongoing employment and education bans.

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, they have barred education for women and girls beyond sixth grade, most employment, and many public spaces. Last August, the Vice and Virtue ...