Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai in a message Saturday on the occasion of the 104th anniversary of the country’s independence from Britain, called on the Islamic...
Over the past two years, women’s rights have become a major point of discussion, and controversy, in light of dozens of decrees issued by the Islamic...
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, deputy foreign minister for political affairs, said on the second anniversary of the return to power of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan...
Japan’s ambassador to Afghanistan says he has been raising concerns about restrictions on women’s rights during meetings with the Islamic Emirate’s leaders. The Japanese embassy in...
Afghanistan’s universities are ready to readmit female students, but the IEA’s supreme leader has the ultimate say on when that might happen – if it happens...
Deputy Minister of Economy Abdul Latif Nazari says a plan is being drawn up for women to return to work and that the current restrictions on...
Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in a video call have stressed the need for lifting restrictions on girls’ education in...
Women’s beauty salons were banned in Afghanistan because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardships for grooms’ families during wedding festivities, the Islamic Emirate of...
Afghanistan Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AWCCI) officials say they are trying to set up points of contact in all 34 provinces to assist women...
The US State Department says Afghanistan government’s recognition depends on the behavior of the Islamic Emirate’s leaders towards Afghan women. Speaking in a press conference, the...
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva said on Wednesday that the bans affecting women and girls in the country were “obscuring” some of...
At least 24 people died in a traffic accident on Wednesday in Sar-e-Pul province of Afghanistan, local officials said. Din Mohammad Nazari, the spokesman of the...
EU and Central Asia special envoys for Afghanistan met Friday in Turkmenistan capital Ashgabat, where they also called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to...
Iran and Indonesia’s presidents on Tuesday voiced support for the right to education for females in Afghanistan and expressed commitment to help resolve the humanitarian crisis...
In reaction to the UNSC resolution condemning the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) decision that bans Afghan women from working for the United Nations, IEA’s Foreign...
The Islamic Emirate’s local officials in Ghor province have freed 41 prisoners, including seven women, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. This was announced in a press...
The United Nations said on Tuesday it is being forced into making an “appalling choice” over whether to continue operations in Afghanistan with the Islamic Emirate...
The United Nations has renewed its call for Afghanistan’s Taliban to immediately reopen schools to teenage girls, saying the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has no...
The United Nations Security Council on Thursday asked Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to provide an independent assessment on how to deal with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan...