Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued a draconian decree that makes sodomy punishable by death and allows men to ...

THE Taliban has legalised domestic violence in Afghanistan in a terrifying new assault on women’s rights. Signed off by ...

At hospitals, at seminaries and on buses, the Taliban is stepping up enforcement of rules on women's dress in the city of ...

Comprised of 119 articles, the 60-page Decree No. 12 lays out penalties for women who visit their relatives without their husband's permission, and allows husbands and the heads of households to ...

The Taliban have recently passed a new criminal procedure code that further deepens repression and discrimination in ...

As a chaotic situation unfolds in Kabul with the Taliban taking control, human rights activist Malala Yousafzai is expressing concern about the fate of women and minorities in Afghanistan. The Taliban ...

The Taliban issued a message on International Women’s Day, saying Afghan women live in security with their rights protected, even as the U.N. condemned ongoing employment and education bans. The ...

“Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the most repressive country in the world regarding women’s rights,” said Roza Otunbayeva, special representative of the U.N. secretary-general and head of the ...

The UN Human Rights Council opens its 61st session in Geneva, with Afghanistan’s human rights situation and women’s rights under review.

Afghanistan’s new Taliban criminal code allows only limited punishment for 15 days for wife beating and class based justice, ...