A heavy silence hung over the court’s packed meeting hall. In the middle, a petite woman in her early 20s...

The Taliban’s supreme leader has issued a decree stating that “the husband is the ruler of the woman, and the...

 Rukhshana Media reader Bahar Ebrahimi, whose education was cut short by the Taliban, writes here about what August 15 means to her. 

The stark figures show that since the hardliners seized power in 2021, women have been erased from public life, poverty...

August 15 marks five years since the Taliban seized Afghanistan - five years which have changed the lives of millions...

Hannah Neumann is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Germany’s Green Party who focuses on foreign policy and...

The Taliban have said women should not leave the house without their husband’s permission, warning that the devil lies in...

Former Afghan policewoman Saadat* has spent five years in hiding since the Taliban seized power, living in constant fear that...

Like many prospective graduates, Narges Hussain Zada is spending her summer frantically filling in application forms as she looks for...

The Taliban issued a fresh directive on weddings and engagement parties in Afghanistan this week, barring women from wearing make-up,...