Young woman ends her life by drinking acid in Faryab
A 22-year-old woman has died after drinking acid despite attempts to save her life in Faryab provincial hospital.
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A bride shot dead by the Taliban in Nangarhar province over music being played in convoy
A bride has been shot dead on her wedding day in Nangarhar province after a Taliban opened fire on the...
Afghan women launch campaign of eight requests on March 8, signed by 800 people
A March 8 campaign to mark International Women’s Day was launched by Afghan women with eight requests to the international...
International Women’s Day; Women protest outside UN office shouting anti-Taliban slogans
Women have publicly protested for their rights in the streets of Afghanistan’s capital on the eve of International Women's Day.
“All or none”: Female students urge their male peers to boycott universities
Students in Afghanistan who have been banned from attending classes because they are women have started a new protest to...
Afghanistan’s new academic year is starting, but only for men
The Taliban’s Ministry of Higher Education has announced the academic year will start with universities opening on March 6 and...
Taliban accuses women in Herat city’s Al-Mahdi of inappropriate hijabs, threatens corporal punishment
Women in Al-Mahedi of Jabreil area, Herat city, are being physically threatened with whipping and detainment by the local morality...
Taliban raids Bamyan educational center with female students, arrests director
The Taliban morality police have raided an educational center in Bamyan Province that was allowing girls to attend some classes...
Three women die in violent domestic incidents in three provinces
In the past day, a woman has been accidentally shot dead by her son in Badghis province, while a 30-year-old...
Three women killed by family members in Jawzjan and Sarpul provinces
A man has killed his mother in the early hours of Thursday morning by stabbing her and setting her on...
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