ISLAMABAD: The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has conditionally agreed to allow Afghan women to pursue higher ...

An Afghan women's group is welcoming the decision by the International Criminal Court to arrest Taliban leaders for their ...

Otunbayeva made the remarks at the two-day International Conference on Girls’ Education in Muslim Communities which ended on Sunday in Islamabad. She also called on countries to offer scholarships and ...

Kabul: In an unusual and emotional moment, a Taliban minister recently spoke out against the group's strict restrictions on girls' education in Afghanistan after the terror group's takeover.During a ...

The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he will seek arrest warrants against senior leaders of the ...

Voicing concerns over the situation of girls in Afghanistan, Nobel Peace Prize laureate said the country's policies do not reflect the teachings of Islam. Malala Yousafzai said the Afghan women and ...

The suspension of foreign aid by the Trump administration is having a worldwide impact. Here's how it has affected projects ...

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy. Sher Abbas ...

It had previously been disrupted after the Taliban regained power in 2021, banning girls’ education beyond the sixth grade and restricting Afghan women from traveling without male companions.

“It is a travesty and tragedy that millions of Afghan girls have been stripped of their right to education. No country has ever thrived by disempowering and leaving behind half its population ...