Although Afghan women ... States and Afghanistan in fighting terrorism and extremism and promoting economic sustainability, the United States should bolster gender equality before the drawdown ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan ...

Women fear such surveillance systems will monitor women's hijabs. Human rights advocates, protesters often live in secrecy and this might exacerbate their situation.

“The support we’ve received from them has been heartwarming, and it reinforces the importance of what we’re doing.” Firooza Amiri (2nd R) and Nahida Sapan (R) of Afghanistan Women's XI warm up before ...

On International Women's Day, the Taliban issued a statement asserting their commitment to safeguarding the rights of Afghan women. Chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid posted on his official X ...

The Taliban do reflect much of what many Afghans stand for. Afghanistan’s people, especially the women, barely have access to things critical for their survival and well-being, like medical care, ...

Activists have been left outraged after a US porn star was 'welcomed' to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan where women can't leave the house without a male guardian, speak in public or even be ...

(New York) – The International Cricket Council should immediately suspend Taliban-run Afghanistan’s membership until women and girls can participate in the sport of cricket, Human Rights Watch ...

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 ... just a week before the Taliban ...

It will create more suffering for ordinary Afghans, especially women and children, who were already bearing the brunt of poverty before the Taliban’s return. A broken Afghanistan, cut off from ...

Before the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in 2021, women and girls enjoyed relative social freedom and were able to go to school and have jobs – though they also suffered discrimination and ...

Before the Taliban’s return, a brief hope was ignited. Could Afghanistan become a more just country? A group of Afghan women sat at the negotiating table. But after the Taliban took power in ...