What are the Taliban's restrictions on Afghan women?
Here are the details of the crackdown on rights imposed by the Afghanistan's Taliban administration.
Sun Jan 26 2025
Afghan YouTubers fear for future as Taliban ban women’s voices
Content creators say their ability to make videos in public and at home will be curtailed.
Sat Sep 21 2024
New film captures Afghan women's courage in failed peace talks with Taliban
The film is a testament to the courage of Afghan women leaders who continue advocating for change since the Taliban seized power.
Sat May 04 2024
Taliban's treatment of women under scrutiny at UN rights meeting
The Taliban say they respect rights in line with their interpretation of Islamic law.
Mon Apr 29 2024
FEATURE - Afghan women become YouTubers as Taliban restrict work
The Taliban said female YouTubers need to meet criteria for a license, which include a journalism degree and three years' work experience.
Sat Apr 20 2024
Afghan women turn to entrepreneurship but struggle to access capital
The Taliban have not formally banned women from work but have barred many Afghan female aid workers, shuttered beauty salons.
Thu Apr 18 2024
Shut out of jobs, Afghan women retrain as nurses
A growing number of professional women are enrolling in nursing and midwifery courses, fed up of being cooped up in their homes.
Sun Aug 13 2023
UN Afghan staff told to stay home as Taliban signals UN female ban
The United Nations told some 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for the next two days.
Wed Apr 05 2023
Taliban ban women from parks, morality ministry says
Taliban's morality ministry said Afghan women have not been meeting its interpretation of Islamic attire during their visits to the parks.
Fri Nov 11 2022
Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban orders to cover up
The consequences of disobedience are aimed at a woman's closest male family member, ranging from a warning to imprisonment.
Thu May 12 2022
Taliban announce women must cover faces in public, say burqa is best
Most women in Afghanistan wear a headscarf for religious reasons, but many in urban areas such as Kabul do not cover their faces.
Sat May 07 2022
US asset freezes worsen Afghan women's suffering - UN experts
Afghan central bank funds have been frozen since August when the Taliban took over and foreign forces withdrew.
Tue Apr 26 2022
Afghan women losing jobs fast as economy shrinks and rights curtailed
The Taliban will only allow women to work subject to their interpretation of Islamic law, prompting some to leave jobs out of fear.
Sat Jan 22 2022
'We're not giving up': The radio station for Afghan women
From Taliban-controlled Kabul, Radio Begum is broadcasting the voices of women that have been muted across Afghanistan.
Sun Dec 12 2021
Afghan women's soccer team arrives in Pakistan - Information minister
The sport's governing body FIFA said last month it was working to evacuate those remaining in the country.
Wed Sep 15 2021
How transgender troops prepared to fight Trump's new policy
Advocates argue the executive order stigmatises transgender service members by labeling them medically and morally unfit.
Thu Jan 30 2025
India orders probe into Kumbh festival stampede that killed dozens
The government has decided that a judicial inquiry of the incident will be done, says Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister.
Thu Jan 30 2025
Tunku Mahkota Ismail calls for mindset change to solve persistent issues in M-League
Tunku Mahkota Ismail also addressed other concerns about late salary payments and some team management's neglect of their clubs' welfare.
Thu Jan 30 2025
What were the aircraft involved in midair crash in Washington DC?
Air traffic control recordings appear to capture the final attempted communications with the helicopter, before it collides with the plane.
Thu Jan 30 2025
Tesla commits to cheaper cars in first half, sees autonomous vehicles 'in the wild' in June
Tesla says the company would start testing a paid autonomous car service in June.
Thu Jan 30 2025
Vehicles plough into people outside KL nightspot, two injured
The police receive a report about the incident from a 24-year-old man who witnesses it.
Thu Jan 30 2025
Girl, 7, dies of suspected abuse by parents
Police says the post-mortem found old and fresh abuse signs on the victim, with death caused by abdominal injuries from a blunt object.
Thu Jan 30 2025
American Airlines jet, Army helicopter collide, crash into Washington's Potomac River
The Washington Post reports that multiple bodies have been recovered from the water.
Thu Jan 30 2025
UK backs third runway at London's Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport is operating at 99% capacity and risks being overtaken in Europe.
Thu Jan 30 2025
Sarawak floods: Number of victims almost doubles to 5,385
Based on the latest report from the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee Secretariat, Bintulu has the highest number of flood victims.
Thu Jan 30 2025