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Taliban policing hospital entrances, denying entry to women without complete burqa covering - MSF

The report comes after women were left laying in rubble for hours, waiting for female rescuers following an earthquake.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Afghan women and children wait for their turn to see a doctor at Yaka Dokan health clinic run by nonprofit organization World Vision, in Yaka Dokan village, Herat, Afghanistan
Afghanistan's Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi speaks at the roundtable at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi, India, October 13, 2025.

Modi under scrutiny after Taliban allowed to exclude female journalists from Delhi press event

India's External Affairs Ministry said it "had no involvement in the press interaction" at the Afghan embassy.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Two Afghan women in interview with Reuters.

Afghan women battle the Taliban's Sharia laws with hair salons, underground businesses - report

From underground hair salons to selling makeup and jewelry online, a report by The Washington Post details the daily struggles that women in Afghanistan face.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A woman wearing a burqa sits on the side of a road in Kabul, Afghanistan October 21, 2021.

Afghan women’s org. push back after US scholar says Afghan refugees ‘should not fear repatriation’

Analyst Cheryl Benard defended her controversial essay, which women’s rights activists say whitewashes the Taliban’s gender apartheid policies

|ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE

Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN an 'internal' issue

The Taliban administration released a statement stating that the ruling "should be respected by all sides".

APRIL 12, 2023ByREUTERS
Afghan women chant slogans in protest against the closure of universities to women by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 22, 2022.

World Hijab Day Observed in the Post-Mahsa Amini Era

Women are divided on whether to modernize and normalize the hijab or oppose its use

FEBRUARY 1, 2023ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
high-fashion hijab designed by Haneen, 25, in northern Israel

American University of Afghanistan is a university in exile

It was originally the first nonprofit private university established in Afghanistan, today, it is the only Afghan institution of higher education.

JANUARY 30, 2023ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
Afghan women's rights defenders and civil activists protest to call on the Taliban for the preservation of their achievements and education, in front of the presidential palace in Kabul

Afghan female students not allowed to sit university entrance exam - Taliban ministry

This adds to continued restrictions placed on females in Afghan society by the Taliban.

JANUARY 28, 2023ByREUTERS
Female primary school students leave school after a class in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 25, 2021

Former female Afghan MP shot dead in Kabul - police

Mursal Nabizada was a lawmaker in Afghanistan until the Taliban took over in 2021.

JANUARY 16, 2023ByREUTERS
An Afghan woman and a girl walk in a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 9, 2022

Women fear they are disappearing from Afghan society

The world is watching as the Taliban government turns Afghanistan into a prison for women and girls.

DECEMBER 27, 2022ByDEBBIE MOHNBLATT/THE MEDIA LINE
Afghan women protest against their erasure from public life in Kabul on December 22, 2022.

Female students turned away from Afghan universities after Taliban ban

The decision to bar women was announced on Tuesday evening in a letter to universities from the higher education ministry.

DECEMBER 21, 2022ByREUTERS
Female students walk in front of the Kabul Education University in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 26, 2022.

One dead as fresh clashes erupt between Afghan, Pakistani border forces

The last months have seen an uptick in border violence between the two countries, especially at the key trade route of Chaman.

DECEMBER 15, 2022ByREUTERS
People douse a cargo supply truck after it was hit during the artillery shelling, in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman

Taliban acting defense minister holds talks with UAE president

This is a first, as the Taliban has not been recognized as an official government entity.

DECEMBER 5, 2022ByREUTERS
Taliban fighters hold an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan flag on the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022.

Taliban-led Supreme Court says 19 people lashed in northeastern Afghanistan

The Taliban's supreme spiritual leader this month met with judges and said they should carry out punishments consistent with sharia law.

NOVEMBER 21, 2022ByREUTERS
The Taliban flag is seen during the Taliban flag-raising ceremony in Kabul, Afghanistan, March 31, 2022