Despite an injection of more than $260 million in Australian aid, the situation for women in Afghanistan remains 'bleak'.

According to UNICEF, 2.2 million girls are currently deprived of their right to secondary education, with hundreds of ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One after the other, the opportunities vanished. Like so many other Afghan women, Sodaba could do little but watch as her country’s new Taliban government imposed a ...

Major powers have renewed diplomatic links while others seek deals to deport migrants. And all the while gender repression is getting worse, warns UN special envoy and former UK prime minister Gordon ...

For Sodaba, like countless other Afghan women, opportunities evaporated under the Taliban's tightening grip on their lives. Since seizing power in Afghanistan in 2021, the Taliban has systematically ...

On September 15, 2025, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada announced the shutdown of fiber-optic internet across Afghanistan. The ban was implemented the next day in northern Afghanistan’s Balkh ...

The punchline, experts say, is that the most viral “proof” wasn’t new. Kabul-based editor Ali M. Latifi says a widely shared ...

It’s been more than four years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan - and according to human rights organisations, ...

Women protest against Taliban university ban ...

Advocates fear for their rights in education. Over one month into Taliban control of Afghanistan, fears for women's and girl's rights and education have only grown -- fueled further Tuesday by a top ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities have sought to keep students engaged remotely and Lynn University, a UNAI member institution in the United States, has used its Social Impact Lab to empower ...