Women are also not allowed to step out in public unless they are covered from head to toe in a burqa and are accompanied by a male family member. The most recent restriction from the Taliban included ...

But he suggested England would not boycott international tournament matches against Afghanistan, arguing that cricket was a ...

Zahida Kazmi defied convention in 1987 when she took to the streets of Karachi and became Pakistan’s first female taxi driver ...

Women in Afghanistan face restrictions that men do not. But the global debate around the hijab and Muslim women’s rights is ...

However, the Taliban’s lack of international recognition halted these flows overnight. open image in gallery This photograph taken on 9 January 2024 shows an Afghan burqa-clad woman sewing ...

However, the Taliban’s lack of international recognition halted these flows overnight. This photograph taken on 9 January ...

The poster features the outline of a woman in a burqa, with the slogan “don’t forget about the Afghan women” and “No To Taliban”. The poster, created by the local Norwich Women’s ...

Their sinful hair, faces and bodies have long been hidden behind the oppressive drapery of the burqa. Now the Taliban is passing laws to ensure their sinful voices are shrouded, too. The latest ...

and burqa/hijab dress-code enforcement that comes with severe penalties for disobeying. Approximately 1.4 million girls have been denied access to secondary education, as the Taliban have ...

The poster features the outline of a woman in a burqa, with the slogan "don’t forget about the Afghan women" and "No To Taliban". It was to promote a vigil organised by the Norwich Women’s Rights ...

The poster features the outline of a woman in a burqa, with the slogan "don’t forget about the Afghan women" and "No To Taliban". It was to promote a vigil organised by the Norwich Women’s ...

We are used to national exceptionalism: the idea that a country’s special character makes it different, more likely to ...