Recent months have seen several reports of funding cuts and visa withdrawals leaving Afghan women at risk of deportation to ...

open image in gallery An Afghan burqa-clad refugee along with her children arrives at a registration centre in Takhta Pul district of Kandahar province (AFP via Getty Images) Afghan women and ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women. Since their return to power in ...

"The new generation would never accept wearing a burka, because of the design and colour," said 23-year-old Tahmina Adel in the Afghan capital, Kabul. With social media, "everybody follows the ...

In January, one senior official left Afghanistan after speaking out against the ban that has denied education to more than 2 ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women. Since their return to power in ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women. Since their return to ...

Use extra caution. Secure loose outdoor objects. && An Afghan shops in Mazar-i-Sharif: the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women An ...