Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' have adopted the abaya robe favoured in Gulf nations Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching ...

A viral Instagram trend featuring an "Afghan makeup transition" ending with a woman wearing a burqa is drawing attention to ...

More women are wearing the burqa since the Taliban’s return to power even though there is no official national policy on it – Copyright AFP Javed TANVEER The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pauline Hanson wore a burka in the Senate chamber in Canberra - Mick Tsikas/AAP Australian right-wing politician Pauline Hanson ...

It’s hard to believe that women who are hidden under a burqa retain a sense of style, but they do. This year’s trendy color for burqas is a pale sky blue. A few years back it was a coppery brown. The ...

I bought a burqa in a marketplace while covering the war in Afghanistan. When I pulled the cowling at the top over my head, to see what a women who wore a burqa might see, it emphasized how that dim ...

In stop-start efforts since November, Taliban officials have cracked down on women and girls in the western city of Herat who have been ignoring the hardline group's rules by showing their faces.