Women protesters demand prosecution of former government sports officials
Afghan women activists are calling for former government sports officials to be held accountable for the failed evacuation of the...
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Eight people flogged and imprisoned in Herat for ‘abuse and dishonour’
Eight people have been flogged and sentenced to prison on charges of “abuse and dishonor” in western Herat province, a...
Women and girls restricted from media phone calls in Khost Province
The Taliban police headquarters in Khost province issued a written directive Saturday to the media, declaring a ban on any...
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Taliban publicly execute two men in Ghazni for murders
The execution happened Thursday morning in Ghazni’s Ali Lala football stadium with Taliban forces carrying out the sentence, according to...
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Taliban recruits female high school graduates to health institutes
Women in Afghanistan will be permitted to study and train in public medical institutes in a new bid by the...
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Nearly 60 people dead and injured in Nuristan landslide
A landslide has killed at least 28 people and left another 30 people injured in the Noorgaram district of Nuristan...
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Child labor and hunger increase in Laghman province
Child labour has increased in Laghman province with families forced to rely on the income of their children as economic...
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Herat art exhibition abides by strict gender segregation rules
An art exhibition in Herat has opened with strict gender segregation applying to the days that women are allowed to...
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Taliban official says women’s rights are what the Taliban has defined for them
A senior Taliban official says that women’s rights are the rights given to them by the Islamic Emirate - the...
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Two women killed in an alleged murder and a suicide in Faryab province
Two young women have violently died in separate incidents of alleged murder and suicide in northern Faryab province, local sources...
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