Afghanistan: Female students calls for reopening universities

The students also noted that the country wouldn't benefit from the ban on women's education continuing, and they...

Afghan staff to continue working from home: UN

The UN has 3,300 Afghan staff, of whom about 400 are female, while about 600 international staff in the country are...

Security Council condemns Taliban's ban on women working for UN

Since the Taliban takeover in July 2021, it has rolled back a wide range of human rights of women and girls,...

EU binds aid with removal of ban on Afghan working women

EU said that the ban on women working for UN organizations violates international law and that aid to Afghanistan...

Repression of women continues under Taliban regime

As the Taliban's continued repression of women in the nation, Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Afghanistan's permanent...

EU signs statement on Afghan Women's Rights

In a statement, the UN said, "In recognition of the ideals and principles and the Commission on the Status of Women,...

Taliban replacing civil rights with Islamic laws

Taliban has gutted the country's justice system by scrapping the constitution and replacing the legal code with...

US envoy criticises Taliban's ban on women's education

The United Nations (UN) Representative for UN Management and Reform, Chris Lu criticised the Taliban-imposed ban on...

Taliban detains Afghan educator for protest over women education

Taliban on Friday detained an Afghan professor for protesting against the organization's hardline regime which...

OIC asks Taliban to reconsider ban on women from working for NGOs

The statement was issued by OIC in its final communique of the Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Executive...

Afghan health sector in crisis due to ban on women working

The local residents of Ghor Province, Afghanistan have warned that if the Taliban-led Health Ministry keeps ignoring...

UN asks Taliban to lift bans on female education, other aids

Last month, the Taliban imposed a restriction on female higher education and a ban on women from working in...