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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.

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

Two Afghan women in interview with Reuters.

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

 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’


Taliban bans chess over fear of gambling, whether it is permitted in Islamic law

The suspension was announced by the Taliban’s Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which followed the dissolution of the Afghanistan Chess Federation.

 Members of the Taliban carrying flags participate in a rally to mark the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 14, 2024.

Taliban administration officials to attend UN climate conference in Azerbaijan

Afghan NGOs have also struggled to attend the climate negotiations in recent years.

 Taliban soldiers celebrate on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023.

Divorced Afghan child brides forced to return to former husbands under Taliban rule

The BBC, following the case of Bibi Nazdana, reported that the Taliban is invalidating divorces granted by the Afghan court - forcing divorced child brides to return to their previous marital status.

An Afghan girl stands near her house that was damaged by an earthquake in Kalizei village in the Gayan district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 26, 2022.

Taliban official brags of growing international acceptance, defends gender apartheid laws

Taliban government deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat claimed some international bodies were using women’s rights issues as a cover and pressure tool to reach its goals. 

 Members of the Taliban carrying flags participate in a rally to mark the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 14, 2024.

Taliban morality police dismiss over 280 men without beards from security forces

In the past year, over 280 men have been removed from security forces for not having a beard, as well as more than 13,000 Afghans detained for other various 'immoral acts'

 Afghan Taliban's Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during the death anniversary of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the late leader and founder of the Taliban, in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 24, 2022.

Afghan women suffer under chaffing restrictions on employment and education - report

Most of the women were forced to rely on male relatives' incomes to support their families, when before, they were able to support their families independently.

 An Afghan woman walks with her children on the anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022.

UN envoy urges world court to prosecute Afghan gender discrimination

The Taliban have stopped most Afghan female staff from working, closed beauty salons, barred women from parks, and curtailed travel for women in the absence of a male guardian.

 An Afghan woman walks past a beauty salon in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 6, 2023

Islamist militants kill Pakistan army officer

The TTP aims to overthrow the government and install its own brand of strict Islamic law in the predominantly Muslim nation of 220 million.

Members of the Taliban in Pakistan

Taliban attempts to impose strict ban on music in Kabul weddings

The Taliban instructed wedding halls in Kabul to stop playing music in a statement released on Sunday.

 Taliban fighters celebrate the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2022.

Qatar prime minister, Taliban chief hold secret Afghan talks - source

A meeting in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar between the Qatari Prime Minister and Haibatullah Akhunzada is the first the Taliban chief is known to have held with a foreign leader.

 Qatar's then deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, speaks during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in Washington, U.S. February 10, 2023

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".

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