Sharia

Mother of All Bans: Taliban tell kids they can go to parks only with their fathers

Afghan women now fear what is next in store for them in the crisis-ridden country. Already barred from gyms, pools and other arena, the Taliban’s diktat to bar women from amusement parks has come as a rude shock for young mothers, most of whom cannot accompany their children anymore

WATCH: Taliban barbarity in Afghanistan; Afghan woman brutally flogged in public

Taliban rule in Afghanistan was especially harsh on Afghan women as they had to wear the burqa, were forbidden from stepping outdoors and were subjected to brutal pubic flogging at even the smallest pretext

Off-centre | Hydra-headed communalism: Ending double standards is the only way forward

Neither the state nor society can afford to go soft or look the other way when confronted with both militant and ‘constitutionist’ Islamism

Taliban not to participate in UNGA meet; diplomats of ousted Afghan government attend session

Afghanistan is scheduled to address the ongoing UN General Assembly session on 27 September

Salgy Baran tops university entrance exams in Afghanistan but uncertain future looms

The 18-year-old wants to stay and become a doctor, but as with so many other Afghans, those plans were plunged into doubt when the Taliban rolled into Kabul this month

What Sharia law is and why women in Afghanistan are scared that Taliban might reimpose it strictly

With the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, people across the world fear women will face a bleak future

Pakistan lied about JeM's Balakot camp; located at hilltop, centre offered housing and training for recruits

Pakistan didn't take foreign journalists to the JeM camp in Balakot; known as Markaz Syed Ahmad Shaheed, the centre, before the IAF strike, was spread over two kilometres and included multiple buildings used for residential and training purposes

Time madrassas give children their right to education

RTE will ensure a modern curriculum and children will not feel left out once they leave madrassas

Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan: From struggling for an education to youngest Nobel peace prize winner

Malala Yousafzai, once a teenage girl among many struggling to get an education in Pakistan is now a celebrated international rights campaigner

Asaduddin Owaisi calls triple talaq bill ploy to send 'Muslim men to jail,' says law is not solution to social problems

Law is not the solution to social problems, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has said, claiming that triple talaq bill was a ploy to send Muslim men to jail.