As the Taliban`s restrictions on education continue, a new report by the United Nations Children`s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows that Afghanistan is facing one of the most severe education and learning crises in the world...

Amina Mohammed, the United Nations` deputy secretary-general, has urged the international community not to turn a blind eye to human rights violations in Afghanistan, saying millions of women and girls face severe restrictions under Taliban rule...

In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, the ban on women`s education does not end with the closure of school and university gates; it gradually drains life from families, hope from girls, and the future from society...

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says knowledge and education are the primary pillars of progress and dignity in any society...

‘The winning image of Hajira is a symbol of the quiet but unwavering resilience of millions of Afghan girls who have been denied access to secondary education for more than four years...

A photograph of Hajera, a ten-year-old schoolgirl from Nangarhar Province, has been selected as UNICEF`s Photo of the Year 2025-an image the jury described as a symbol of the "silent resistance and resilience of Afghan girls" in the face of the Taliban`s restrictions on education...

Spain`s Minister for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and International Cooperation welcomed around fifty Afghan women on Friday, 22 Qaws (12 December) at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the conference titled "HearUs 2025: Promoting Accountability for Women in Afghanistan...

When Maryam (a pseudonym) was dismissed from her position at a media organization for the first time, no one in the office even bothered to remember her name...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says that at least 10 civilians were killed and six others wounded in last night`s airstrikes in the provinces of Khost and Kunar...

Coinciding with World Children`s Day, Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan, has called for the immediate reopening of schools and universities for girls across the country...

In today`s Afghanistan, a 14-year-old girl does not die from bullets, but from the absence of opportunity-not in a terrorist attack, but in the systematic silence of empty classrooms...

Amnesty International has issued a strong warning following the enforcement of the mandatory burqa (chadari) for women in Herat, calling it part of the Taliban`s systematic campaign to erase women and girls from public spaces, healthcare, and social life, creating conditions that are "intolerable" for them...

Fawzia Koofi, former member of Afghanistan`s parliament, warned of a "silent tsunami" in her country during an interview with a Spanish newspaper, urging the world not to wait for another September 11 before taking action...

The United Nations has announced that it has suspended its operations at the Islam Qala border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran after the Taliban imposed new restrictions on Afghan female staff...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has emphasized that the meaningful participation of women in all areas of public life-including political dialogue and humanitarian response-is essential for Afghanistan`s stability, prosperity, and legitimacy on the world stage...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reported that the Taliban`s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice launched a series of crackdowns in Kabul and Herat between July and September to enforce the group`s strict dress code for women and girls, resulting in dozens of arbitrary arrests and detentions...

Fawzia Koofi, former deputy speaker of Afghanistan`s parliament, has accused the Taliban of "plundering Badakhshan`s mines" and destroying the province`s environment...

Nila Ebrahimi, a teenage Afghan education activist, has been named among the 17 Young Leaders for the 2025 class of the United Nations` Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - a global recognition honoring exceptional young changemakers driving progress toward a better world...

Bangladesh`s exiled writer Taslima Nasreen has slammed Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi for not allowing women journalists to attend a press conference in Delhi on Friday...

Afghanistanian filmmaker Roya Sadat has received an international award at the International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA) in Toronto for her latest work, Sima`s Song...

The People`s Tribunal for Afghan Women, currently being held in Madrid, Spain, continued its second day of hearings by examining various dimensions of the Taliban`s policies against women in Afghanistan...

A people`s Symbolic tribunal opened public hearings in Madrid on Wednesday to try the Taliban`s top leadership in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity and the systematic persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan...

In a message posted on X on Sunday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expressed hope that girls in Afghanistan will also be allowed to receive an education...

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday approved a landmark resolution establishing an independent mechanism to investigate serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, including those committed under Taliban rule...

In a land where war never ends and darkness has cast its shadow over daily life, thousands of Afghan children, girls, and women are trapped in an unending nightmare - one named trafficking and sexual exploitation...

Taliban has introduced a new law that grants the members of their vice and virtue ministry the authority to imprison individuals for a range of perceived moral violations, including actions as minor as missing prayers or disobeying parents...

The UN’s Deputy Secretary-Genera has asked for attention to and an assessment of the restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan...

19 international organizations in an open letter to Permanent Representatives to the United Nations in advance of the annual Open Debate on Women, Peace, and Security urged them to take action to realize the foundational demand of Resolution 1325 (2000)-ensuring women’s full, equal and meaningful participation in peace making...

Two women activists and members of their families have been detained in Afghanistan, the United Nations mission said...

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed once again called for pressure on the current Afghan government to ensure the women’s and girls’ rights to education and work in Afghanistan...

Addressing the prominent US-think tank Council on Foreign Relations, on the sidelines of the 78th UNGA session in New York on Thursday, Kakar said that Pakistan would push the Afghan government to honor their commitments to women’s rights and girls’ education...

Dozens of women staged a gathering in reaction to US President Joe Biden’s decision to preserve $3...

The relatives of the detained female right activists confirmed their release but suggested the activists are not ready to publicize the details about their detention as they are under pressure not to do so...

Suhail Shaheen, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (Taliban) designated envoy to the United Nations (UN), said in an interview with Ariana News on Friday night that there in no need to include women in the new cabinet and that the Taliban’s current caretaker government is inclusive...

Security officials of the Afghan capital Kabul said that they have arrested the young man who assassinated two sisters and their mother in Police District 7 of the city...

US special representative for Afghan women Rina Amiri said that the Taliban must stop unjust detention of the Afghans if they want legitimacy from their people and the world...

Mursal Ayar, a member of Junbish-e-Zanan, has been detained by the Islamic Emirate in Kabul, her colleagues claimed, saying that she was taken to an unknown location...

The European Parliament says it is going to host a series of events on February 1st and 2nd to discuss the situation of Afghan women following the political change in the country...

Hundreds of women took to the streets in Kabul and demanded the release of Afghanistan’s frozen funds in the western banks...

On the second day of the Oslo meetings, Afghan women’s rights activists submitted a paper that includes Afghan women’s demands to the Islamic Emirate’s delegation and representatives of countries attended at the meeting...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called on the Taliban to ensure the release of women activists who have been reportedly abducted from their homes since last Wednesday in Kabul...

Interior Ministry of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in a statement on Friday, January 21, 2022, denied the detention of a female protestor Tamana Zaryab Paryani...

Six months after the collapse of the Afghan government chaired by the former president, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, a former female minister of his time unveiled several cases of ‘sexual assaults’ and ‘corruptions’ in the Presidential palace...

A number of pro-Taliban women gathered in Kabul on Monday, January 17, 2022, and said that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is a system that guarantees national and Islamic interest...

Women activists took to the streets of Kabul city on Sunday to protest the restrictions on the rights of women, as well as to call attention to the the recent killing of two women...

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Thursday raised genuine worries about the circumstance of ladies and young ladies in Afghanistan...

The interim government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in a meeting on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, passed the budget for next fiscal year-1401- and an attachment that includes the budget for the last three months of the year 1400...

A group of Afghan women and activists continue their protests over restrictions against women, and have recently switched their way of protesting from taking to the streets to writing their demands on Kabul walls at night...

After recommending drivers across Afghanistan not to seat women who are not observing hijab, the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice stuck banners on walls and trees across Kabul recommending women to wear hijab...

The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reacted to recent Islamic Emirate policy, citing a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) which said that the Islamic Emirate had restricted women and girls’ sports activities and access to medical services...