Rights

Support Afghans in their most perilous hour, urges UN’s Guterres

New York: The international community should urgently offer a “lifeline” to millions of vulnerable Afghans “who face perhaps their most perilous hour”, the UN Secretary-General said on Monday. more

Afghanistan Crisis: Female doctor in Kandahar says Taliban insurgents hit her

Kandahar: A female doctor has claimed she was beaten up by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan's Kandahar region, media reports said.

Security Council must not fail women, girls of Afghanistan, Elders warn

New York: The Security Council cannot fail the women and girls of Afghanistan, former President of Ireland Mary Robinson warned on Tuesday, as she reminded its 15 members of the relentles ...

Taliban diktat says women attending private Afghanistan universities must wear abaya and niqab: Reports

Kabul: Taliban rulers of Afghanistan have now issued a diktat by which women attending private Afghan universities must wear an abaya and niqab to cover most of their faces.

Afghanistan: Women demonstrate against Taliban over right to work under new regime

Kabul: A large number of women in Herat demonstrated for their right to work under a new regime as the Taliban is all set to form a government in the war-torn country.

Afghanistan conflict: Taliban spokesman says woman in Hijab will be able to get education, work

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: Afghan women in hijab will have access to education and work, Taliban (banned in Russia) spokesman Suhail Shaheen said, adding that the United States should not tr ...

Geopolitical expert Fabien Baussarat says women have no place in Taliban's Afghanistan

Tel Aviv: Fabien Baussarat, the President of Center of Political and Foreign Affairs (CPFA), has said that Taliban's attitude towards women has not changed.

Future Afghanistan govt will not be complete without women: ex-Parliamentarian

Kabul: A former female Afghani Parliamentarian has batted for the presence of women in the future government of the country, giving a strong message to Taliban insurgents who have overrun ...

Afghanistan: UN agencies sound alarm over emergency aid supply logjam

New York: UN humanitarian agencies are warning that they are unable to bring urgently needed emergency supplies into Afghanistan, and are calling for a “humanitarian airbridge&rdquo ...

US govt leads other nations in expressing concern over rights of women, girls in Afghanistan under Taliban rule

Kabul: The US government and several other nations, including Australia, joined to issue a statement where they expressed deep concern about the rights of women and girls in A ...