Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan nearly four years ago, human rights have begun diminishing for over 14 million women. Heightened gender inequality has exacerbated the pre-existing ...

The BBC is spending the day with women across Afghanistan to understand what their lives look like under the Taliban ...

The Taliban issued a message on International Women’s Day, saying Afghan women live in security with their rights protected, ...

More than 80 Afghan women who fled the Taliban to pursue higher education in Oman now face imminent return back to ...

It will create more suffering for ordinary Afghans, especially women and children, who were already bearing the brunt of poverty before the Taliban’s return. A broken Afghanistan, cut off from ...

Zarina, a psychologist, said Afghanistan “changed suddenly and unexpectedly” in 2021 which had been difficult for many people. “The situation of each woman ... just a week before the Taliban ...

An Afghan radio station will resume broadcasts after the Taliban lifted a suspension imposed over alleged cooperation with a foreign country's TV channel.

Australia and Afghanistan have a compelling rivalry on the cricket field, but it is played amid political scrutiny that shows ...

Before the Taliban’s return, a brief hope was ignited. Could Afghanistan become a more just country? A group of Afghan women sat at the negotiating table. But after the Taliban took power in ...

We meet the Afghan women cricketers who are not only breaking barriers in sports but also advocating for the rights of girls ...

I used to play taekwondo before the takeover ... and merely staying alive out of necessity. Eighty-two women who managed to leave Afghanistan to pursue higher education have been dealt a crushing ...

Before the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in 2021, women and girls enjoyed relative social freedom and were able to go to school and have jobs – though they also suffered discrimination and ...