Afghan Women

World powers press Taliban on Afghan women, 'most repressed in world'

The Taliban government adheres to an austere interpretation of Islam and has imposed a slew of restrictions on girls and women since seizing power in August 2021.

To hell and back: Even after broken teeth, shattered bones, Taliban forcing divorced women back to abusive husbands

The Taliban government adheres to an austere interpretation of Islam and has imposed severe restrictions on women's lives that the United Nations called "gender-based apartheid". Several women have reported being dragged back into abusive marriages

How single women and widows in Afghanistan are struggling to find their next meal

While the backlash against women’s rights needs to be urgently addressed, the crisis of food and nutrition security facing single women, widows and separated women, is not being recognised by many outside the country

For the Taliban, a woman is always to be beaten

Women in Afghanistan under Taliban regime have been deprived of several rights including ban on school and University education

Ex-Afghan woman lawmaker Mursal Nabizada shot dead at her home in Kabul

Nabizada, 32, hailed from the eastern province of Nangarhar, and had been elected as a member of parliament from Kabul in 2018

Afghanistan: UN official meets Taliban deputy PM over women NGO ban

The deputy head of the UN Mission in Afghanistan, Potzel Markus, met Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi in the capital Kabul to discuss the ban, as well as other measures including barring women from universities

Blinken calls on Taliban to reverse ban on women working in NGOs

Blinken's statement comes after the Taliban on Saturday ordered all local and foreign NGOs to stop female employees from coming to work in the country

Three foreign NGOs stop work in Afghanistan after Taliban ban on women staff

The latest restriction comes less than a week after the hardline Islamists banned women from attending universities, prompting global outrage and protests in some Afghan cities

India “notes with concern” reports of Taliban banning women from universities in Afghanistan

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi also called for the importance of the establishment of an “inclusive and representative government” in Afghanistan

Timeline | How the Taliban has suppressed Afghan women's education and rights

Since retaking power in Afghanistan 16 months ago, the Taliban has gradually returned to a hardline stance against women's education and freedoms. They claim that their rules are consistent with their interpretation of Islam