The United Nations mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern about the Taliban's arrest of women and girls for alleged ...

In a country scarred by four decades of war, women are the only or primary breadwinners for many families — and many are now ...

Since the Taliban took Kabul on August 15, scores of Afghan women and rights activists have taken to the city's streets several times, demanding their rights and inclusion in the government.

At a press conference before the talks in Doha, Taliban delegation leader Zabihullah Mujahid made his view clear that Afghan women’s rights are an internal issue, and the world should look past ...

Under the Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, ... Jamalzadah reflected that it may take about 10 to 15 years before Afghan women can truly walk alongside men.

The Taliban say efforts to free a British couple detained in Afghanistan are not yet complete. Peter and Barbie Reynolds, ...

The Taliban-led government has shut down almost all women's shelters — the last safe places for victims of domestic violence ...

The exact number of women's shelters in Afghanistan before the Taliban takeover is unclear. But activists estimate there were at least 30 safe houses in about half of the country's 34 provinces.

Kabul — America's longest war is winding down. The airbase in Kandahar that was once home to 30,000 foreign troops is now under the control of Afghanistan's own forces. But the future of the ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Afghan women's rights advocate Naheed Farid about the Taliban ban on university education for women. She was shocked by the decision to end higher education for women.

Women across Afghanistan have been protesting the Taliban's restrictions. Some feel that time is running out for them to protect all their hard-earned freedoms from the last 20 years.

On Aug. 15, 2021, two weeks before the United States withdrew its troops from Afghanistan, the long-overthrown Taliban took back power of the Asian nation, creating fear about what it would mean ...