Taliban ban women from working in national, international NGOs KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from... Updated 25 Dec, 2022 10:02am
World Turkey urges Taliban to reverse university ban for women ISTANBUL: Turkey on Thursday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse their decision barring women from... Published 23 Dec, 2022 06:53am
Pakistan For sake of regional peace, engagement with Afghanistan to continue: FO ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office said on Thursday that Pakistan believed in peaceful neighbourhood and reiterated that it... Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am
World Armed guards stop women entering universities after Taliban ban KABUL: Hundreds of young women were stopped by armed guards on Wednesday from entering Afghan university campuses, a... Published 22 Dec, 2022 06:44am
Pakistan Higher education of Afghan women: Decision dismays Bilawal but he still wants Taliban engagement WASHINGTON: The foreign minister on Tuesday voiced disappointment over the Taliban’s ban on university education... Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am
World US, Britain condemn Taliban suspension of women from universities UNITED NATIONS: The United States and Britain on Tuesday condemned an announcement by Afghanistan's Taliban... Published 20 Dec, 2022 11:31pm
World Taliban bans university education for Afghan girls KABUL: The Taliban authorities on Tuesday ordered a nationwide ban on university education for females, as the... Published 20 Dec, 2022 10:57pm
World Taliban ban Afghan women from gyms and public baths KABUL: Gyms and public baths are now also off limits to Afghan women, the Taliban confirmed Sunday, days after... Published 14 Nov, 2022 06:42am
World Taliban ban women from parks and funfairs in Afghan capital KABUL: The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital’s public parks and funfairs, just months after... Published 10 Nov, 2022 11:58am
Sports Afghan cyclists to race to raise ‘alarm’ over women’s plight PARIS: For Afghan refugee cyclist Masomah Ali Zada, it will be a bittersweet moment. For the first time in five... Published 23 Oct, 2022 10:23am
World Afghan women students rally in Herat after classroom attack HEART: More than 100 Afghan women students rallied in the western city of Herat on Sunday, protesting against a... Published 02 Oct, 2022 12:56pm
World Taliban fire into air to disperse women’s rally backing Iran protests KABUL: Taliban forces fired shots into the air on Thursday to disperse a women’s rally supporting protests in Iran... Published 29 Sep, 2022 12:37pm
Editorials Deprived of education EDITORIAL: A year after the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan the girls secondary schools remain shut. Head of... Published 24 Sep, 2022 03:49am
World Afghan girls protest school closure in eastern city KABUL: Dozens of girls protested in an eastern Afghan city on Saturday after Taliban authorities shut their ... Updated 10 Sep, 2022 09:22pm
World Afghan women open library to counter growing isolation KABUL: Afghan women's rights activists opened a library in Kabul on Wednesday, hoping to provide an oasis for women... Updated 25 Aug, 2022 06:07pm
World World ‘must not forget’ Afghan women and children: UN UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Monday implored the world to not forget the plight of Afghanistan’s women and... Published 15 Aug, 2022 08:38pm
World Afghanistan earthquake survivors unsafe as aftershocks continue KABUL: Aftershocks continue to be felt in the area hit by a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan last week and the area... Published 27 Jun, 2022 06:37pm
World Taliban appeal for more aid after deadly Afghanistan earthquake KABUL: Vital medical supplies reached hospitals on Saturday in the remote area of Afghanistan hit by an earthquake... Published 25 Jun, 2022 04:33pm
World UN rights body to hold urgent debate on Afghan women GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council will hold an urgent debate to address the situation of women and girls in... Published 24 Jun, 2022 07:00pm
World Women not wearing hijab ‘trying to look like animals,’ say Taliban posters KANDAHAR: The Taliban’s religious police have put up posters across the southern Afghan city of Kandahar saying... Published 17 Jun, 2022 06:37am
Perspectives Women's eroding rights in Afghanistan Under the Taliban regime that came into power last year in Afghanistan the lack of women’s rights is again ... Published 04 Jun, 2022 12:30pm
World Afghan women demand education and work at Kabul protest KABUL: About two dozen Afghan women chanting “bread, work, freedom” protested in the capital on Sunday against... Published 30 May, 2022 07:17am
World Afghan women demand education and work at Kabul protest KABUL: About two dozen Afghan women chanting "bread, work, freedom" protested in the capital on Sunday against the... Published 29 May, 2022 04:49pm
World Taliban dismiss UN concerns on women's rights in Afghanistan KABUL: The Taliban on Friday rejected the UN Security Council's call to reverse heavy restrictions imposed on Afghan... Published 27 May, 2022 03:20pm
Print UNSC for reversal of Taliban policies on women UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council on Tuesday called on the Taliban to “swiftly reverse” policies... Updated 25 May, 2022 09:38am
World UN Security Council urges Taliban to lift restrictions on women, girls UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on Taliban authorities in Afghanistan to... Published 24 May, 2022 10:29pm
World Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban orders to cover up KABUL: Many women in the Afghan capital are delaying a return to fully covering their faces in public in defiance of... Published 11 May, 2022 09:13pm
Sports Afghan women train in Australia after fleeing Taliban rule MELBOURNE: Eight months after fleeing Kabul as the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan, Farida trains at a... Published 11 May, 2022 07:18pm
World Afghan women protest Taliban decree to cover faces KABUL: About a dozen women protested in the Afghan capital on Tuesday against the Taliban’s new edict that females... Updated 10 May, 2022 04:53pm
Print Taliban order for women to cover faces ‘unconscionable’: US WASHINGTON: US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Sunday a Taliban decree that ordered... Updated 09 May, 2022 09:34am