Afghanistan's last female ambassador, Manizha Bakhtari, continues her fight against Taliban from Austria, advocating for ...

The BBC spends the day with women across Afghanistan to understand what their lives look like under the Taliban government.

In August 2021, the world watched as the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, sweeping away two decades of progress toward democracy, human rights and gender equality. While international ...

Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' have adopted the abaya robe favoured ...

Under the Taliban, Afghan women are barred from attending university, and cannot work in Stem sectors. “If we are sent back, we will face severe consequences. We can’t study and many of us ...

When the Taliban took control again in August 2021, it was as if a trapdoor slammed shut under half the population. Overnight, Afghan women were driven out of classrooms, forced out of workplaces ...

Kabul (AFP) – Until Taliban authorities took power in Afghanistan, women like Fatima were able to freely sell their hair to be made into wigs, bringing in crucial cash. But a ban last year has ...

Last year, Taliban authorities imposed vice and virtue laws regulating everyday life for men and women, including banning sales of "any part of the human body" including hair. An Afghan woman ...

Women in Afghanistan sell their hair to make money. The Taliban banned the sale of body parts, including hair. Taliban authorities have cracked down on the rights of women. Until Taliban authorities ...

The Taliban swiftly regained control of Afghanistan in 2021 after the US withdrew its last troops from the country. Despite initially declaring that women would be allowed to work and study ...