Afghan women

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…

7 days 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…

2 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…

1 year 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…

1 year 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…

2 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…

2 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…

2 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…

2 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…

2 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

Afghan Women Protest In Herat For Right To Work & Female Participation In New Afghan Govt

<p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BUTn7xm7CVk" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p> <p> In a rare,…

3 years ago

Niloofar Rahmani, Afghanistan’s first female pilot, says Taliban rule will “hurt women the most”

<p> <strong>Without mincing any words or beating about the issue, Afghanistan’s first woman Air Force pilot, Niloofar Rahmani last week…

3 years ago

Can Saudi Arabia Influence Taliban On Women Rights Reforms In Afghanistan? | Taliban In Afghanistan

<p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lQ0GOI4T8uM" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p> <p> Afghan women's worst…

3 years ago

Taliban Claims Over Women’s Rights “Under The Limits Of Islam” Stand Exposed

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

3 years ago