Women not covered from head to toe are being prevented from entering public health facilities in western Afghanistan. The ...

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) says each restriction "translates into delayed or denied medical care".

Today, I run a rug business that has invested more than $1 million to strengthen the economic position of Afghan artisans.

The Taliban government in Afghanistan is drawing renewed outrage over a new law banning women’s voices in public, forcing them to completely cover their bodies and faces out of the home, and more.

In the two years since the invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and the fall of the Taliban, the political and cultural position of Afghan women has improved, said Micheline Centlivres-Demont, ...

Women in Afghanistan are being forced to undergo so-called virginity tests, more than two years after a law requiring consent ...

Taliban forces in Herat barred women, including doctors and patients, from entering the regional hospital for not wearing the ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have “weaponized” the legal and judicial system to oppress women and girls in what amounts to “crimes against humanity,” the independent U.N.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. Recent months have seen several reports of funding cuts and visa ...

In a move that has been described as groundbreaking, Canada, Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands have expressed their intent to take the Taliban to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

This week marks three years since the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO allies from Afghanistan. It also marks three years of intensifying repression of women under the Taliban regime in what the UN ...