Afghanistan Women

Taliban ban on women aid workers in Afghanistan is 'potential death blow', warns UN

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffith said the humanitarian delegation told the Taliban that if they weren't going to rescind the edict 'then we must expand these exceptions to cover all the aspects of humanitarian action'

Kabul professor tears up diplomas to protest Taliban ban on women’s education

The Taliban-appointed Acting Minister of Higher Education of Afghanistan Nida Mohammad Nadim said there is no opposition to the barring of women from university education in the country

Threatened, beaten and risking arrests, Afghan women defy Taliban with protests

Women once made up at least a quarter of the government workforce. But the Taliban have allowed only a handful of female medical workers and educators to retain their government jobs.

Taliban ban long-distance road trips for solo women: Here's how group has clamped down on Afghani women's freedom

The guidance issued by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which also called on vehicle owners to refuse rides to women not wearing headscarves, has drawn condemnation from rights activists.

Taliban unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras in Daykundi province, says Amnesty International

The killings took place in the village of Kahor around two weeks after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, said the prominent rights group

From women can't be ministers to no co-education, a look at the new Taliban's perspective on women's rights

Recent controversial comments by Taliban leaders, like that of Hashimi, have exposed the Taliban’s true nature as it ignores women, who make up half of the population of the war-torn country

'Don't want to turn the clock back': Taliban allows women to study, but conditions apply

The Taliban have suggested they have changed, including in their attitudes toward women. However, women have been banned from sports and the Taliban have used violence in recent days against women protesters demanding equal rights.

No country for women: Taliban's all-male cabinet stirs fear of a 'dark future'

Women in the country allege they have been relegated to their houses and that the progress they had made has already been overturned

Despite assurances of dignity from Taliban, Afghan women have everything to lose

The absence of women in those crazy scenes at the airport this week, for me, portended a continuation of their long story of silent bravery and resilience