UN envoy calls Taliban ban on women’s education extremism

UN Special Rapporteur Richard Bennett warned at the UNGA that the Taliban's ban on women's education is "extremism"...

Richard Bennett urges Taliban to lift ban on women working in NGO

Richard Bennett has urged the Taliban to lift the ban on women working in non-governmental organizations.

Afghan economy impacted by ban on women working in NGOs: OCHA

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report that the ban on women...

Afghanistan: US Envoy calls year long ban on women "indefensible"

The US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West called the Taliban regime's ban on women attending...

Ban on women’s education cause of distance with public: Taliban

Afghanistan's Taliban-appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai has said the main reason...

Afghanistan: US Ambassador calls ban on girl's education

Following the ban on women's education in Afghanistan, Beth Van Schaack, US ambassador-at-large for global...

UN criticizes ban on women’s education in Afghanistan

Garnier in a press conference said the UN and the international community's pressure on Taliban is "critical" owing...

Businesswoman provides professional training to homeless women

Following the ban on women's beauty salons in Afghanistan by the Taliban, a businesswoman in Kabul is helping over...

Afghanistan: Ban on women's beauty salons comes into effect

mid public protests and UN concern, the ban on women's beauty salons in Afghanistan came into effect on Tuesday...

Women's beauty salons banned for neglect of guidelines, says Afgh

Following the ban on women's beauty salons in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Vice and Virtue said they were banned...

Ban on women's education, work keeps Afghanistan isolated: UN

Speaking to UN News, Potzel said in a speech that women have the right to participate in society and urged the...

Afghanistan remains world's worst humanitarian disasters: HRW

Afghanistan remained one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters and the crisis has worsened after a ban on...