Under the Taliban’s penal code, which includes 119 articles, published on January 7, 2026, the penalty for animal abuse outweighs that of a serious case of domestic violence.
According to UNICEF, 2.2 million girls are currently deprived of their right to secondary education, with hundreds of ...
The punchline, experts say, is that the most viral “proof” wasn’t new. Kabul-based editor Ali M. Latifi says a widely shared ...
It’s been more than four years since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan - and according to human rights organisations, ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One after the other, the opportunities vanished. Like so many other Afghan women, Sodaba could do little but watch as her country’s new Taliban government imposed a ...
After Afghanistan's deadly earthquake, injured women and girls face a dire lack of medical care. Taliban restrictions and cultural barriers leave many without help.One of Afghanistan's worst ...
A camp in Khas Kunar, eastern Afghanistan, for people displaced after the earthquake [Sorin Furcoi/Al Jazeera] A devastating magnitude 6.0 earthquake in eastern Afghanistan on August 31 killed more ...
KABUL, Afghanistan — They wandered through the museum, listening attentively as their guide explained the antiquities in display cabinets. It could have been any tour group, anywhere in the world. But ...
Advocates fear for their rights in education. Over one month into Taliban control of Afghanistan, fears for women's and girl's rights and education have only grown -- fueled further Tuesday by a top ...