Despite initial promises, the Taliban have imposed increasing restrictions on girls and women since they took power in August 2021 during the final weeks of the U.S. and NATO forces' pullout after 20 years.
Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday announced it has withdrawn from the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan, saying it is "unable to proceed" with the fixture amid Taliban's growing restrictions on women and girls.
The blast took place around 4 pm local time near the Taliban foreign ministry in Afghanistan's capital Kabul. Though Taliban officially said five have died, a report said there could be up to 20 casualties.
Pakistan: Monday’s deadly attack is the latest in the list of violence that has plagued the country.
The ban on sports is part of the Taliban's escalating campaign of restrictions that have shut down life for girls and women.
A number of girls and women who once played a variety of sports told AP they have been intimidated by the Taliban with visits and phone calls warning them not to engage in their sports. The Taliban have banned women's and...
The note comes despite weeks of condemnation and lobbying by the international community for a reversal on measures restricting women's freedoms, including two back-to-back visits this month by several senior UN officials.
Iran said it executed two men Saturday convicted of allegedly killing a paramilitary volunteer during a demonstration, the latest executions aimed at halting the nationwide protests now challenging the country's theocracy.
The attacker has been identified as 19-year-old Trevor Bickford. Reports say the attack is being investigated as a possible of act of terrorism in the light of...
Pakistani officials said on Sunday that five Taliban militants were arrested in Punjab province for plotting to target security installations.
Many important events including the war in Ukraine took place in 2022. But for me the top stories were those of women's resistance in Iran and Afghanistan....
Nearly 76,000 Afghans who worked with American soldiers since 2001 as translators, interpreters and partners arrived in the US on military planes after the...
Afghanistan's rulers last week barred women from attending universities effective immediately, dealing another blow to women and girl's rights and freedoms...
The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday decried increasing restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan, urging the country's Taliban rulers to reverse them...
He pointed to ‘terrible consequences’ of a decision to bar women from working for non-governmental organisations.
Three major international aid groups on Sunday suspended their operations in Afghanistan following a decision by the country's Taliban rulers to ban women from...
The Taliban's order says that any non-governmental organization found not complying with the ban will have their operating license revoked in Afghanistan.
The developments came after Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately. Afghan women have...
The development came after Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately.
The move had sparked international outrage, including from Muslim nations, who deemed it against Islam, besides the G7 group of nations, who tagged it as a...
India on Thursday joined several other leading countries in criticising the Taliban's decision to ban university education for women in Afghanistan,
The minister of higher education in the Taliban government on Thursday defended his decision to ban women from universities — a decree that had triggered a...
Ministry of External Affairs said India has consistently supported the cause of female education in Afghanistan.
The country's Taliban rulers earlier this week ordered women nationwide to stop attending private and public universities effective immediately and until...
Taliban government spokesman said Tuesday that women are banned from public and private universities in Afghanistan until further notice, the latest edict...
