Experts decry measures to ‘steadily erase’ Afghan women and girls from public life
New York: Taliban leaders in Afghanistan are institutionalizing large scale and systematic gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls, independent UN human rights experts warned on Monday.
Two women die in house blast in E Afghan province :Official
Kabul/UNI/Xinhua: Two women lost their lives and a teenage girl was seriously wounded when remnants of war exploded in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, a local official confirmed on Wednesday.
Afghanistan women start writing protest slogans on Kabul walls
Kabul: A group of Afghanistan women and even activists have resorted to a new way of demonstrating against Taliban forces as they are writing on the walls of Kabul to voice their protests.
Afghanistan: Taliban bans women from appearing in television dramas
Kabul/IBNS: The Taliban in Afghanistan have imposed new restrictions in the war-torn south Asian country by which women will not be allowed to appear in television dramas.
Afghanistan: Girls at increasing risk of child marriage
New York:The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters as young as 20 days old for future marriage in return for a dowry.
Seven members of only Jewish family of Afghanistan leave Taliban-controlled country
Kabul: The only Jewish community members of Afghanistan have left the country recently, a month after the Afghanistan government was formed by the Taliban forces, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan: Women protest on streets of Kabul against Taliban over closure of schools for girls
Several women assembled on the streets of Kabul on Tuesday to demonstrate against closure of school for girls in Afghanistan.
Women protest in Kabul for not opening doors of schools for girls
Kabul: Women demonstrated in Kabul city on Thursday against Taliban rule for not opening the doors of schools for girls, media reports said on Friday.
Afghanistan women demonstrate in Kabul against closure of schools, universities for female students
Kabul: A group of Afghanistan women demonstrated in Kabul city on Friday to protest against the closure of schools and universities for female students.
Afghanistan: Women run Kabul restaurants shuts down as Taliban rules country
Women-owned restaurants and cafes in Afghanistan's Kabul city have remained closed since the past month after Taliban took control over the country.
Afghanistan: ‘Palpable’ fear of ‘brutal and systemic repression’ of women grows
New York: Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan last month, they have made some commitments to uphold human rights. However, their subsequent actions have “sadly contradicted” those promises, the UN rights chief told a side event of the General Assembly on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Women protest in Kabul against Taliban's policies
Kabul: A large number of women gathered outside the gate of the ministry of women affairs, a ministry which has now been changed by Taliban, on Sunday and protested against the policy of the insurgent.
Kabul: Since capturing power more than a month ago the Taliban has been imposing restrictive rules for women’s education in universities and schools in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan: Security Council resolution calls for ‘equal and meaningful participation of women’
New York: The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Friday, specifying the importance of “equal and meaningful participation” of women in public life.
Afghanistan: Female footballers flee to Pakistan to escape Taliban
Karachi/UNI: Female footballers of Afghanistan's national junior girls team, who had been in hiding following threats from the Taliban, crossed the Torkham border along with their families to reach Pakistan on Tuesday night.