A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...

The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups employing Afghan women, the latest crackdown on women’s rights since they took power in August 2021. It comes two ...

STEVENS POINT − In 2019, Sarwat Najib bucked the odds and opened a fashion design firm in Kabul, Afghanistan. By 2020, the ...

A big part of the country’s economic progress in this period can be attributed to women. While the overall average return on investment in education remains low in Afghanistan, it is high for women.

Since the Taliban regained power in 2021, the Afghanistan women’s team has been disbanded, with members of the squad living in exile in Australia. Women’s rights have rapidly been eroded under ...

U.S. failure in Afghanistan was driven by a system that rewarded generals, diplomats, contractors, and policymakers who reported successes on the ground rather than the grim reality of a bloody ...

One exception was Qudsia Shukran, a 34-year-old Afghan who arrived in Cleveland ... crochet or chat. A dozen women showed up to a recent class. Half weaved, and half socialized.

The Taliban have banned windows in residential buildings to stop women from being seen while they are at home in Afghanistan. Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Taliban, ordered that ...

that Afghanistan's governing Taliban authorities must reverse their ban on Afghan women working for NGOs. Since the Taliban's return to power in August 2021, women have been progressively erased ...

England's men's cricket team is set to face Afghanistan on Feb. 26 ... to examine their consciences – the women in your families are free to dress how they please, be educated, take jobs ...