Afghanistan women start kitchen with takeaway food service

In the face of Taliban prohibitions on employment, a group of Afghan women and girls in the province of Herat have...

Afghan girls call on Taliban to reopen schools

As Afghan girls continue to remain deprived of education under the Taliban regime, girls in Balkh province have once...

EU envoy Niklasson on the ban on women in Afghan NGOs

Regarding the situation of women in Afghanistan, EU Special Envoy Tomas Niklasson said that the prohibition against...

Afghanistan: Female students urge Taliban to open schools

Female students in Afghanistan have urged the Taliban once again to let them attend schools as schools above grade 6...

Barred from varsities, Afghan women start own businesses

Due to the Taliban-imposed ban on access to education for female students in Afghanistan, some have launched their...

Afghan girls barred from education turn to Madrasas

Afghan girls have turned to madrassas (religious schools) to learn the religious sciences since the country's...

Taliban forbids women from taking part in Eid celebrations

In another harsh restriction, the Taliban has prohibited women from attending Eid celebrations in two provinces of...

Afghan clerics calls on Taliban to ensure education to girls

As Afghan females continue to suffer under Taliban's hardline regime, religious clerics of the country have called...

OIC calls on Taliban to revisit ban on Afghan UN women staff

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called upon the de-facto authorities of Afghanistan to once...

Women start own enterprises in Afghanistan amid job curbs

After losing their jobs to the Taliban's hardline policies, several former female employees in government...

Women look for 'solutions' amid rise in domestic violence in Pak

Similar to the situation of minorities in Pakistan, the women of the country face discrimination and mistreatment....

Taliban shuts women-run radio station in Afghanistan

In another repressive move, a women-run radio station in northeast Afghanistan has been shut down for playing music...