Taliban militias break into the homes of female university students seeking brides
Fawzia, a 17-year-old medical student, has been in hiding in Kabul for a month and believes the fundamentalists used her enrollment...
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UN, Taliban Officials Meet To Discuss Women’s Rights in Afghanistan
Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This...
The Taliban in Afghanistan
The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, twenty years after their ouster by U.S. troops. Under their harsh rule, they have...
Afghan women are flocking to virtual learning amid Taliban’s university ban
Afghan women are finding avenues to pursue their education as the Taliban continues to crack down on women’s rights, recently banning...
Can the Taliban’s Brazen Assault on Afghan Women Be Stopped?
The audacity of the Taliban’s latest bans on women in public life brings two new factors into play, which may over time lead to change....
How the Taliban’s ban on women aid workers could deepen Afghanistan’s crisis
Another edict that removes women from public life and makes it harder for the country’s most vulnerable to get help. Saara, who works for...
Pakistan sends back hundreds of Afghan refugees to face Taliban repression
About 250,000 Afghan asylum seekers have arrived in Pakistan since August 2021, but a migrant crackdown has left many of them in fear of...
‘Our sisters deserve better’: Afghan men quit university jobs after ban on female students
A Taliban decree against higher education for women – called a ‘betrayal of the nation’ – has led to male lecturers and student walkouts...
Without Women, Afghanistan Has No Future
In December 2022, the Taliban, the de facto authority in Afghanistan, banned women from public and private universities until further...
Save the Children, others suspend Afghanistan efforts after Taliban bar on female staff
KABUL, Dec 25 (Reuters) - Four international aid agencies including Save the Children said on Sunday they were suspending their...
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