Zakiya Ahmad becomes first Afghan woman to climb Everest
A 31-year-old mountaineer who campaigns for women’s education has become the first Afghan woman to climb Mount Everest, according to...
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International journalists urged to do more to highlight Taliban treatment of Afghan women
Reporting on Afghanistan has become incredibly difficult, but journalists need to urgently find ways to cover the Taliban’s campaign to...
Every girl has the right to go to education, says UN, as Afghanistan marks the start of the fifth school year since the ban
“The message is simple: every girl has the right to go to school.” Those were the words posted on X...
Midwife stabbed to death in Afghanistan
A midwife has been stabbed to death in Afghanistan, police and local media said, becoming the latest female medical worker...
Taliban detain Afghan woman over secret taekwondo training
A young Afghan woman has been arrested by the Taliban’s morality police while secretly training girls in taekwondo.
Taliban arrest female journalist in northern Afghanistan
A female journalist has been detained by Taliban intelligence forces in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, sources close to...
How the closure of the Pakistan border is hitting ordinary Afghans
When the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan closed amid escalating tensions between the two neighbours, Somaya Nadari’s mother lost access...
‘How can the world let this happen?’
The words of Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford at an event organised by Rukhshana Media in the UK parliament...
Taliban intensify pressure on women with strict dress rules in Herat province in western Afghanistan
One of the few remaining female surgeons at a major hospital in western Afghanistan was prevented from entering and detained...
Taliban hold fresh press conference in New Delhi. This time, women are allowed in
The Taliban held a press conference at the Afghan embassy in New Delhi on Sunday with female journalists present, two...
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