Salih, 25, and a group of other young Afghan ... women from traveling long distances without a chaperone, working with the government and nongovernment organizations, and going to public baths ...

WEST HAVEN — The first four students to enroll in a program at the University of New Haven for Afghan women scholars said they are motivated by their dreams despite not knowing what the future ...

Although Afghan women and girls have made strides in education, the economy, health care, politics, and broader civil society since the 2001 U.S.-led intervention, these advances remain fragile.

In 2023, the Taliban shut all beauty salons — one of the few public places left in the country where women could congregate outside the home. Afghanistan also barred girls from high school and ...

An Afghan women's group on Friday hailed a decision by the International Criminal Court to arrest Taliban leaders for their persecution of women. The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor ...

Catherine Ordway voluntarily represented the Afghan women's cricket team to evacuate them to Australia following the Taliban re-occupation in August 2021, and continues to provide ongoing support ...

For two decades, Afghan women had freedom. Then everything changed in an instant. These are their stories. You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account.

ISLAMABAD, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Since seizing power in 2021 ... centres for women have been banned across the country. - The Taliban ordered the closing down of hundreds of beauty salons meant ...

Throughout the changing political landscape of Afghanistan in the last fifty years, women have been campaigning for their rights and made some gains but the issue has also been exploited by different ...

She, along with other Afghanistan women cricketers turned refugees, found a new home a long way away - Australia. But the destruction of their homeland was devastating for Amiri and exacerbated by ...

The Afghanistan Women's XI, composed of refugees who now reside in Australia, will play a T20 match against a Cricket Without Borders XI at the Junction Oval on Thursday morning.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says he has requested arrest warrants for two top ...