Al Azhar scholars who left Afghanistan hope Islam's tolerant message survives Taliban
By Mahmoud Mourad
Clerics from Egypt's ancient seat of Sunni study Al-Azhar, who spent years teaching in ...
Afghan activists protest outside shuttered women affairs ministry
About two dozen women activists protested outside Afghanistan's women's ministry on Sunday after it was closed by...
Two Afghans feature on Time's 100 Influential List: Mullah Baradar and Mehbooba Siraj
Two Afghan leaders featured on Time Magazine's annual 100 Most Influential People list and many will argue they ...
Afghan women's soccer team arrives in Pakistan confirms Fawad
Afghanistan's women's soccer team has left for neighbouring Pakistan, the information minister in Islamabad said on...
'افغان خواتین کو مردوں کے ساتھ کام کرنے کی اجازت نہیں ہونی چاہیئے'
سینیئر طالبان رہنماء کا کہنا ہے کہ افغان خواتین کو مردوں کے ساتھ...
Women are at the forefront of protests against the Taliban
Despite what they insisted as they swept through Afghanistan, the Taliban appear to have remained largely the same...
Afghan women should not work alongside men, senior Taliban figure says
By Alasdair Pal
NEW DELHI:Afghan women should not be allowed to work alongside men, a senior figure in the ruling...
Twitter reacts to pro-Taliban women demonstration in Kabul
Social media users took to Twitter to discuss the women demonstrators who turned up in Kabul to rally in favor of ...
Malala calls on UN to push to keep girls in schools in Afghanistan
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by a Taliban gunman in Pakistan as she left school in 2012,...
'Incredible fear' among women across Afghanistan -U.N. official
By Michelle Nichols
A lack of clarity on the Taliban's position on women in Afghanistan has generated "incredible...
Afghans gather to protest in Kabul; anti-Pakistan slogans heard
Journalists in Kabul shared videos of a protest outside the Pakistan embassy in Kabul, chanting slogans against the...
A curtain divides male, female students as Afghan universities reopen
Students across Afghanistan have started returning to university for the first time since the Taliban stormed to...
Taliban denies shooting pregnant police officer in Afghan city but few buying it
The Taliban has denied killing a pregnant police officer in front of her family in the Ghor province of Afghanistan...
Distrust remains as some women return to work under Taliban
Some women, particularly those in the health and education sectors, say they have continued to go to work in...
With hope of escape dashed, two Afghan women look to future under Taliban
By Rupam Jain
Teacher Shirin Tabriq spent five days and nights outside Kabul airport trying to get on a flight from...
Twitter reacts to Taliban leader asking women health officials to resume work
Despite claims by the Taliban about upholding women's rights in Afghanistan in accordance to Islam, women have been...
Afghan in U.S. seeks to rescue sister from 'dangerous' Taliban
By Nathan Frandino
Former U.S. Army interpreter Hamidullah Ehsan saw what was coming.
Two weeks before the Taliban...
Malala's tweet on Afghanistan irks Twitter users, again
Malala Yousufzai can't seem to do anything right, according to a majority of Pakistanis, especially on social media...
As the Taliban returns, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight
As the Taliban takes control of the country, Afghanistan has again become an extremely dangerous place to be a ...
