Taliban issue new hijab rules: Thick material, unadorned, no perfume
Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders have published new rules on women’s hijab, stating that it must be made of thick material, non-decorative...
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Terror at sea: Afghan mother risks life for daughters’ future
Just weeks before their traumatic experience late last year, 16 Afghans, including a mother and two children, drowned off Turkey’s...
Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan
By Ruchi Kumar, Ghazaal Mohammadi and Sina. Taliban forces fire on crowds in Herat, who were protesting at manhandling of...
Taliban authorities detain dozens of women in Herat over dress
Taliban authorities in the northwestern Afghan city of Herat have detained dozens of women for failing to comply with the...
A jailed teenager and an abused wife: the Afghan women trapped by discriminatory laws
Last month, the Taliban issued a new decree on marriage that makes it almost impossible for a woman to get...
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...
Taliban ‘legitimising child marriage’ with new edict, activists warn
Child marriage appears to have been legally recognised for the first time by the Taliban in Afghanistan, as activists say...
Taliban YouTube ban silences Afghan women actors
Representatives of the Taliban in Herat met with YouTube channel managers on March 31 and told them women were banned...
‘I can’t even say my own name’: How women journalists in Afghanistan have been silenced
By Zuhal Azad, Raha Azad Before the Taliban returned to power in 2021, women were a key part of the...
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...
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