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...

Women, girls deserve full access to education: US envoy

Following the ban on higher education for women by the Taliban, the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West...

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,...

Taliban bans women from restaurants with gardens in Herat

Afghan officials said that the curbs have been brought in place because of gender mixing or because women allegedly...

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...

Afghan women in Kabul protest for right to education, work

The Taliban's return to power preceded a deepening humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, worsening issues that had...

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...

Afghan girls criticize Taliban's university exams decision

The Afghan girls have urged Taliban to allow women to continue their education. Diana, a student, said that they...

Google committed to mentoring 1 mn Indian women entrepreneurs

US Secretary of State Blinken, Antony Blinken on Wednesday (local time) said that Google India has committed to...

NRC head urges the West to engage with Afghanistan

Egeland, during an interview with TOLO News, talked about the Taliban's recent decision banning women from going to...

Taliban's targeting of NGOs deplorable, say UN experts

Just four days after the Taliban banned women and girls from attending universities, on December 24, the acting...