"This burka is like a stone that the Taliban threw on women 25 years ago," Shaqayeq adds. "And they did it again when they returned to power. "We wanted to use the weapon they used against us ...

The last three years have seen the Taliban placing restrictions on all aspects of women’s lives in Afghanistan. From ...

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these factors have led to the Taliban's social policies of violent female subjugation, strict gender segregation, the ...

Rights groups have criticized the United Nations for not having Afghan women at the table with the Taliban in Doha.

The Taliban enforced the all-encompassing burka during their first stint in power in the 1990s. But they had not enforced it in Afghan cities since taking over last year. Many women in Afghanistan ...

However, the Taliban’s lack of international recognition halted these flows overnight. open image in gallery This photograph taken on 9 January 2024 shows an Afghan burqa-clad woman sewing ...

They didn't normally wear the burqa, but they said they sometimes do now when they go outside and want to remain anonymous and avoid harassment. The ban on sports is part of the Taliban's ...

The athletes don’t normally wear the burqa but said they sometimes do now when going outside while wanting to remain anonymous and avoid harassment. They described to The Associated Press intimidating ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai, who stated she was “honored” and “overwhelmed” to be at the event, said she will hold Afghanistan's Taliban rulers "accountable" for rights violations when ...

But he suggested England would not boycott international tournament matches against Afghanistan, arguing that cricket was a ...

The Taliban's supreme leader has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook areas used by Afghan women in a brutal new crackdown. Taking to X on ...