It is almost a year since the militant group seized power in Afghanistan and it is rare for women to go on marches. Taliban fighters fired shots in the air to scatter the protesters and also beat ...
An Afghan women's rights activist reveals to Sky News the stark differences - and what is not so different - in how the Iranian and Afghan regimes treat women.
An 18-year-old Afghan student endured Taliban taunts and insults over the weekend as she staged a solo protest against the ban on women attending university. “For the first time in my life ...
In a recording, the group's leader declared: "We will flog the women ... we will stone them to death in public [for crimes]." What does Islamic law say on the matter? And have stonings taken place?
In a new report, Amnesty International and the International Commission for Jurists, or ICJ, underscored how the Taliban crackdown on Afghan women’s ... not to protest again, the report said.
The activist, Tamana Zaryabi Paryani, was among about 25 women who took part in an anti-Taliban protest on Sunday against the compulsory Islamic headscarf, or hijab, for women. The Taliban’s ...
The collapse of the economy and the freezing of Afghan and donor funds after ... In August 2022, during a protest of some 40 women, the Taliban dispersed the crowds firing into the air.
A small group of Afghan women have held a protest near the presidential palace in Kabul to demand equal rights from the Taliban. The demonstration came as Afghanistan’s new rulers work on ...
Some have taken to the streets in protest, and when their ... music and dance to tell stories of Taliban brutality. Do not underestimate Afghan women — but do protect them The ability of Afghan ...
When they ruled the country, the Taliban — notorious for their repression of women — denied girls the right to ... 100,000 signatures have been collected throughout several Afghan provinces to protest ...
[VOA] A large group of women activists in Afghanistan's capital Tuesday staged a protest ... Taliban leaders and others "believed to be responsible for, or complicit in, repressing" Afghan women ...