Afghan women defend right to drive as Taliban curb licenses HERAT: Taliban officials in Afghanistan's most progressive city have told driving instructors to stop issuing... Updated 04 May, 2022 10:24am
World US asset freezes worsen Afghan women's suffering: UN experts GENEVA: The United States, as well as the Taliban authorities, is contributing to the suffering of women in... Updated 25 Apr, 2022 05:48pm
Print Taliban ban Afghan women flying alone KABUL: The Taliban have ordered airlines in Afghanistan to stop women from flying unless accompanied by a male... Published 29 Mar, 2022 05:49am
World Girls' education ban won't last, Nobel laureate Malala tells Taliban DOHA: The Taliban's ban on girls' education won't last forever, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai said on Saturday,... Published 26 Mar, 2022 08:20pm
World 'Open the schools': Afghan girls protest in Kabul KABUL: About two dozen girls and women chanting "open the schools" protested in the Afghan capital Saturday against... Updated 26 Mar, 2022 08:17pm
World Women workers must cover up: Taliban KABUL: Women working in Afghan government departments must cover up — even with a blanket if necessary — or they... Published 23 Feb, 2022 04:54am
World How the Taliban's return has changed Afghan women's lives KABUL: After seizing control of Afghanistan in August 2021 the Taliban promised a softer version of the harsh rule... Published 15 Feb, 2022 10:39am
World 4 missing Afghan women activists released: UN KABUL: Four women activists in Afghanistan have been released by the country's authorities after going missing weeks... Published 13 Feb, 2022 07:50pm
World UN rights office demands release of Afghan women activists GENEVA: The UN human rights office called on Tuesday for the release of four women activists and their relatives in... Published 08 Feb, 2022 06:12pm
World Afghan women rally at Taliban-approved protest KABUL: Scores of Afghan women rallied in Kabul on Wednesday in a Taliban-sanctioned protest endorsing their regime... Published 26 Jan, 2022 05:39pm
World Afghan NGO women 'threatened with shooting' for not wearing burqa KABUL: The Taliban's religious police have threatened to shoot women NGO workers in a northwestern province of... Published 21 Jan, 2022 08:03pm
World Afghan women activists go into hiding after Taliban crackdown KABUL: Several Afghan women's rights activists said Thursday they are going into hiding to escape a Taliban... Published 20 Jan, 2022 06:39pm
World Taliban issue posters ordering women to cover up KABUL: The Taliban's religious police have put up posters around the capital Kabul ordering Afghan women to cover ... Published 08 Jan, 2022 01:48pm
World No long-distance road trips for Afghan women without close male relative: Taliban KABUL: Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel long distances should not be... Updated 27 Dec, 2021 09:11am
Print Taliban to adopt ‘pro-women’ 1964 constitution KABUL: The Taliban said on Tuesday they will temporarily adopt a 1964 constitution that granted women the right to... Published 29 Sep, 2021 04:01am
World Some Afghan girls return to school, others face anxious wait "Girls study in the morning and boys in the afternoon," the teacher says. "Male teachers teach boys and female teachers teach girls." Updated 18 Sep, 2021 09:15pm
World Taliban say will allow women at universities KABUL: Afghan women will be allowed to attend university as long as they study separately from men, the Taliban's ... Published 13 Sep, 2021 05:46am
World Afghan women rally in support of the Taliban Pledge commitment to the Taliban's policies on gender segregation Updated 11 Sep, 2021 03:49pm
Life & Style 'I was lucky,' says Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat on fleeing Kabul Sadat, who was born in Iran and moved to Afghanistan in December 2001, was working on a romantic comedy before fleeing. Updated 28 Aug, 2021 05:31pm
Life & Style Afghan star Aryana Sayeed recounts harrowing escape from Kabul She left Kabul with only the clothes she was wearing that evening. Published 25 Aug, 2021 12:54pm
Pakistan ‘I fear for my Afghan sisters,’ says Malala NEW YORK: Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai wrote “I fear for my Afghan sisters” in an op-ed published in ... Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am
Print EU, US ‘deeply worried’ about Afghan women and girls BRUSSELS: The EU, US and 18 other countries issued a joint statement on Wednesday saying they were “deeply worried... Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:11am
Life & Style Afghan women's rights in firing line as Taliban return to power Nearly 80% of Afghans forced to flee since the end of May are women and children, according to UN. Published 17 Aug, 2021 09:30am
Print Gunmen assassinate two Afghan women judges KABUL: Gunmen shot dead two Afghan women judges working for the Supreme Court in an ambush in the country's capital... Published 18 Jan, 2021 04:10am