Women walk into a beauty salon in the Shahr-e-Naw area of Kabul in July 2023 – Copyright AFP Wakil KOHSAR A Taliban official has said several girls and women were ...

A Taliban official has said several girls and women were detained recently in Kabul for not covering themselves properly, after reports circulated of a crackdown in the Afghan capital. In a video ...

Afghan Olympic cyclist Fariba Hashimi was 15 when she entered her first cycling race. It was also the first day she ever rode a bike. "It was not seen as a woman's sport," she told Business Insider.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have rounded up dozens of women in an apparent crackdown on perceived violations of the group's strict dress code. Dozens of women and girls were detained briefly last ...

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a young lawyer reports on a new Taliban decree issued Saturday on the ...

Taliban terrorists swept through Kabul, arresting girls as young as 16 for violating hijab mandates, labeling them “infidels” and in some cases, lashing them on their legs and feet. Another check in ...

Afghan security officials have dispersed a women's rights protest in the ‌western province of Herat that started after Taliban morality police detained women accused of violating ‌mandatory dress ...

When the Taliban returned to power in 2021, the international community knew what lay in store for Afghan women. But while world leaders deliberate, Afghan women are left paying the price for ...