What happened to Afghanistan's female academics?

The Taliban have approved around 140 measures against women since 2021, while the European Union takes steps to legitimize ...

Ayatollah Hussaindad Sharifi, a senior Shia scholar in Kabul, told a gathering that he was summoned and questioned over ...

The Taliban’s new family law has sparked outrage after reports said a girl’s silence could be treated as consent for marriage under its interpretation of Islamic law.

Nearly five years on from the school ban, young women say they have waved goodbye to their dreams.

"This is one of the most worrying legal developments in Afghanistan under the Taliban," says Roqia Saee, a women's rights ...

In stop-start efforts since November, Taliban officials have cracked down on women and girls in the western city of Herat who have been ignoring the hardline group's rules by showing their faces.

The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021 for the second time. Since then, the former insurgents have consolidated their grip on power, excluded women and girls from public life, stamped out ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have rounded up dozens of women in an apparent crackdown on perceived violations of the group's strict dress code. Dozens of women and girls were detained briefly last ...

New family law regulation that sets out rules for marriages involving minors has been passed in Afghanistan, where children aged nine are legally allowed to wed adults ...

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The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021 for the second time. Since then, the former insurgents have consolidated their grip on power, excluded women and girls from public life, stamped out ...