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Last month, mother-of-two Shakila set off from her village in central Afghanistan for the 30 minute trip to the local courthouse to collect the ruling in her divorce case.

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

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

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

The Taliban have barred women entrepreneurs from selling their handicrafts and other artisanal products at a big trade fair in the eastern Afghanistan in Jalalabad city, according to visitors attending the exhibition. 

Taliban forces have arrested the principal of a girls’ school in central Afghanistan after she refused to hand over her...

Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders have published new rules on women’s hijab, stating that it must be made of thick material, non-decorative...

Taliban authorities in the northwestern Afghan city of Herat have detained dozens of women for failing to comply with the...

A 31-year-old mountaineer who campaigns for women’s education has become the first Afghan woman to climb Mount Everest, according to...

Reporting on Afghanistan has become incredibly difficult, but journalists need to urgently find ways to cover the Taliban’s campaign to...