When the Taliban last ruled — from 1996 to 2001 — they also enforced harsh restrictions on women's dress and movement, and prevented most girls from going to school. The news was met with ...

The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan last month as U.S. troops withdrew from the nation after 20 years of war. The extremist group claimed it was more tolerant and accepting of women's rights.

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban have arrested women in the Afghan capital for wearing “bad hijab,” a spokesman at the country’s Vice and Virtue Ministry said Thursday. It’s the first ...

Afghanistan's Taliban-led government has arrested dozens of women for failing to observe its strict dress code, which requires women to wear head-to-toe coverings, including over their faces.

Get ready to cope” was the message from an aid worker to women returning to Taliban rule in Afghanistan after their expulsion ...

To protest a Taliban-mandated dress code that reportedly requires female students, teachers and school employees to cover up and wear black in the classroom and on campuses, Afghan women around ...

The Taliban Bring Back Women’s Clothing Regulations. Afghan women clad in burqas and a child receive food aid in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 5, 2010. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters) Share Comments Listen.

Women in Afghanistan will be allowed to study in universities as the country seeks to rebuild after decades of war but gender-segregation and Islamic dress code will be mandatory, the Taliban's ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, including at post-graduate levels, but classrooms will be gender-segregated and Islamic dress is compulsory, the ...

The decree, which calls for women to show only their eyes and recommends that they wear the head-to-toe burqa, evoked similar restrictions on women during the Taliban’s rule between 1996 and ...

It’s the first official confirmation of a crackdown on women who don’t follow the dress code imposed by the Taliban since they returned to power in 2021 and has echoes with neighboring Iran ...

It’s the first official confirmation of a crackdown on women who don’t follow the dress code imposed by the Taliban since they returned to power in 2021 and has echoes with neighboring Iran ...