UN official visits Central Afghanistan's Bamyan Province

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 26 (ANI): As murders, and repression of women are on the rise in Afghanistan under...

Taliban tells female employees to send male relatives

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 18 (ANI): Taliban on Monday issued a new diktat against female employees and told them to...

Afghan women protest, demand reopening of schools after...

Kabul [Afghanistan], July 4 (ANI): A group of women activists under the name of 'Kabul School of Critics' staged a...

'Afghan women take their lives out of desperation': Ex official

Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (ANI): 'Every day there are at least one or two women who commit suicide', said a...

HRC holds debate on rights of Afghan women

Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): The Human Rights Council (HRC) on Friday held an urgent debate on the human...

India calls for protection of women's rights in Afghanistan

Geneva [Switzerland], July 1 (ANI): India at the 50th Session of the Human Rights Council meeting on Afghanistan...

Afghan grand assembly 'Loya Jirga' opens in Kabul, women debarred

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (ANI): The first-ever 'Loya Jirga' or grand assembly of religious scholars and elders...

Taliban force shopkeepers to install white flag

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 15 (ANI): Taliban forces in Afghanistan's Kandahar city have compelled the shopkeepers to...

List of Taliban violations of women's rights growing: HRW

Kabul [Afghanistan], June 8 (ANI): The list of Taliban violations of the rights of women and girls is long and...

UNSC urges Taliban to reverse policies restricting Afghan women

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 25 (ANI): United Nations Security Council on Tuesday urged the Taliban to reverse the...

Taliban suppress second day of women's protest

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 11 (ANI): Taliban militants dispersed a handful of women who staged a demonstration in...

Afghan women hold protest against Taliban after hijab decree

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 9 (ANI): Dozens of Afghan women on Monday took to the streets in Kabul to protest against...