Afghan Women

Afghanistan: The Taliban have issued an order for hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan to shut down, adding to the mounting restrictions faced by women in the country. According to a spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry of…

Kabul: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have said women seeking to travel long distances should not be offered road transport unless they are accompanied by a close male relative. The guidance issued on Sunday by the Ministry for the…

Kabul: The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, with only boys and male teachers allowed back into classrooms. Reportedly, working women have been told to stay at home until the security situation improves, and…

Kabul: 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 new Higher Education minister said.…

Melbourne: Cricket Australia will cancel the Test match against Afghanistan in November if women are not allowed to play the sport under the Taliban regime. The updated stance from CA follows the developments on Wednesday where the…

Kabul: Scores of women in Kabul and the north-eastern Afghan province of Badakhshan protested against the all-male interim Taliban government, that is set to rule Afghanistan. Demonstrators said they would not accept a government with no…

Kabul: Photos of women on the facades of businesses in Kabul have been removed, as the Afghan capital Kabul fell under Taliban control. Photos from Kabul showed workers painting over images of women outside a beauty salon. When the…