Afghan women

“Most egregious systems of oppression in recent history”: UN Chief Guterres on restrictions against Afghan woman

United Nations Chief Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern over the situation in Afghanistan, likening it to some of the most…

1 month ago

Afghan people losing trust in West, women’s rights were not important in US-Taliban agreement: Rights activist Haidari

Amid international concern over the erosion of women's rights in Afghanistan, Omar Haidari, a Berlin-based Afghan rights activist, has said…

5 months ago

UN officials raise concern on situation of women in Afghanistan

As Afghan women continue to remain deprived of their basic rights, United Nations officials have once again raised concerns about…

5 months ago

Restrictions imposed on Afghan girls will increase child marriages by 25 pc: UN agencies

United Nations agencies have said that the restrictions imposed by the Taliban on women and girls will increase the number…

5 months ago

Afghanistan has turned into “graveyard of girls’ hopes” under Taliban: UN

Amid restrictions imposed on women, and girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban, the United Nations has said that the country…

6 months ago

Taliban’s decrees on Afghan women cost country over USD 1 billion annually

US special envoy for Afghan women, Rina Amiri, emphasised that the Taliban's restrictive decrees on women and girls in Afghanistan…

8 months ago

Why is Amazon facing women’s wrath for selling Afghani burqas?

Global online retailer, Amazon is selling burqas which has raised a storm on social media. The burqas it is selling…

2 years ago

Former Afghan woman MP shot dead at Kabul home

A former Afghan member of parliament and her bodyguard were shot dead by unidentified attackers at her home in Afghan…

2 years ago

Afghan women visit British Parliament to mark International Women’s Day

<p> <strong>A group of 12 inspiring Afghan women visited the UK Houses of Parliament to mark International Women's Day and…

3 years ago

UK seeks answers about ‘disappeared’ Afghan activists

<p> The United Kingdom on Sunday shared concern over the disappearance of women activists in Afghanistan.</p> <p> "Full support to…

3 years ago

UK seeks answers about ‘disappeared’ Afghan activists

<p> The United Kingdom on Sunday shared concern over the disappearance of women activists in Afghanistan.</p> <p> "Full support to…

3 years ago

Taliban Forms Suicide Bombing Brigade As Part Of Army, To Recruit Women For Self-Killing

<p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-OpJa4lsX_A" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p> <p> In a horrifying…

3 years ago

Afghan womens’ rights under spotlight as UN Special Representative holds talks in Kabul

<p> Senior UN official Mette Knudsen met with Afghan women and female religious scholars in the country's capital Kabul to…

3 years ago

Afghan female footballers flee Taliban-ruled Kabul, granted asylum in Portugal

<p> <strong>Staring at an uncertain future after the Taliban takeover, as many 26 players from Afghanistan's girls' national football team…

3 years ago

Famous Afghan rapper urges world leaders at UN meet not to recognise Taliban leadership

<p> <strong>Even as the Taliban make a desperate push to find a place for their leader Sohail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s…

3 years ago

Afghanistan: No Emirate for Women—Part 1

<p> ON THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY of 9/11, two remarkable young women, Emma Raducanu and Leylah Fernandez, played the finals of…

3 years ago

Defiant Taliban replace Women’s Ministry with Ministry to Promote Virtue & Prevent Vice

<p> In brazen move to crush women’s rights, the Taliban regime on Friday replaced signs for the country's Ministry for…

3 years ago

Afghan women protest Taliban dress code amid seething gender war

<p> Many Afghan women took social media by storm defying Taliban's Islamic dress code for girl students. These Afghan women…

3 years ago

Can Taliban handle a new generation of Afghans who have breathed the air of freedom?

<p> Afghanistan, especially its social hue, in the last two decades has dramatically changed, something that the Taliban or even…

3 years ago

Taliban Omits Ministry Of Women In Afghanistan, UN Women Says Taliban Violating International Treaty

<p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pHkQCERc5j8" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p> <p> Violations of the…

3 years ago

Ready to wear burqas but let us go to school and work, women tell Taliban

<p> Friday was a day of unprecedented scenes on the streets of Kabul. Taliban were seen  putting posters and banners…

3 years ago