Women will be stoned to death in Taliban
DNA: Taliban supremo Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada has issued a new message on state television. In it he announced that women in Afghanistan would be publicly whipped for adultery.
Mar 31, 2024, 01:08 AM IST
Row erupts after UN officials pose with Taliban flag during Afghanistan visit, apology issued
Photographs of some UN security personnel in front of the Taliban flag drew criticism and led to the apology.
Jan 21, 2023, 13:00 PM IST
Namaste India: Taliban issues another decree against women in Afghanistan
Taliban has issued another decree against women in Afghanistan. Now an order has been issued to ban university education for women.
Dec 21, 2022, 10:14 AM IST
Taliban bans women from going to parks and gyms in Afghanistan
The Taliban has issued a new decree in Afghanistan. The Taliban have banned women from going to parks and gyms in Afghanistan.
Nov 11, 2022, 09:46 AM IST
Afghanistan: Women imprisoned in burqa in Taliban
The Taliban occupied Afghanistan for the first time in 1996. In August 2021, the Taliban once again came back to power. But the big question is how different this time's Taliban is from the 90s Taliban.
Aug 17, 2022, 11:24 AM IST
Foreign aid pouring into Afghanistan disappears into the hands of Taliban: Experts
Many of the stories the world reads about Taliban-controlled Afghanistan are fabricated, said Massoud Hossaini, Pulitzer Award winner and Human Rights campaigner.
Jun 25, 2022, 23:24 PM IST
‘Not educating girls is part of Afghan culture’: Imran Khan faces flak over misogynistic remark
Pakistan Prime Minister has been trolled at home and abroad, especially by the Afghans for whom he claims to speak.
Dec 23, 2021, 11:59 AM IST
Changes in Afghanistan after Taliban takeover, see moving images from war-ravaged nation
Sep 16, 2021, 10:10 AM IST
Saumya Tandon stayed for a month in Afghanistan in 2008, says is worried for her friends after Taliban takeover
Saumya Tandon is deeply worried for her Afghan friends after the Taliban took over the country. The actress says she is unable to contact them
Aug 26, 2021, 10:46 AM IST
'Not trained' to respect them: Taliban tell Afghan women to work from home
The direction from the Taliban came after the World Bank halted funding in Afghanistan, citing concerns about the safety of women, and within hours of the UN calling for a "transparent and prompt investigation" into reports of human rights abuses since the Taliban takeover, dealing another blow to an economy that relies heavily on foreign aid.
Aug 26, 2021, 10:31 AM IST
World Bank pauses financial aid to Afghanistan, says it's 'deeply concerned' for women
Before this, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had blocked operations in Afghanistan, which include an existing USD 370 million loan programme, as well as USD 340 million that Kabul was due to receive from Monday's release of Special Drawing Rights (SDR).
Aug 25, 2021, 08:00 AM IST
Afghan refugees protest outside UNHCR office in Delhi- In pics
Afghan refugees staged a protest in front of the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Delhi seeking refugee cards, resettlement options to a third country, and security from the international body and the Indian government.
Aug 23, 2021, 18:29 PM IST
The uncertain future of Afghan women under Taliban rule
For Afghan women, their worst nightmare seems to have come true with the return of the Taliban. Women, who were one of the worst victims of Taliban oppression, are scared all the more this time around.
Aug 20, 2021, 22:54 PM IST
I fear for my Afghan sisters, says Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai wrote in an op-ed published in the New York Times, "In the last two decades, millions of Afghan women and girls received an education. Now the future they were promised is dangerously close to slipping away."
Aug 19, 2021, 17:20 PM IST
Afghan 'virginity tests' a sexual abuse: HRW
Human Rights Watch has slammed "virginity exams" conducted on Afghan women and girls accused of so-called moral crimes, saying the invasive tests by government doctors were tantamount to sexual assault.
Mar 01, 2016, 15:22 PM IST
