The Taliban has codified slavery and formalized a class-based justice system in Afghanistan through a newly approved criminal procedure code signed by its supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada. Legal ...

Women and children are disproportionately harmed, with the regulations normalising violence against women and prioritises ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Afghan woman is checked by a nutritionist at a clinic run by the World Food Programme in Kabul - Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo The ...

Under the Taliban’s penal code, which includes 119 articles, published on January 7, 2026, the penalty for animal abuse ...

Under the Taliban's new penal code, women have less legal protection than animals. What's happening in Afghanistan has a name ...

Higher education was abolished for Afghan women when the Taliban took over Afghanistan after U.S. troops withdrew in 2021. Nearly 150 students enrolled at Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, who ...

The Taliban has reportedly banned women in Afghanistan from attending nursing and midwifery classes in yet another blow to women’s rights since the Taliban takeover. The latest directive closes one of ...

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on Thursday condemned a new Taliban directive barring Afghan women and girls from attending classes at medical institutions, warning that it will have ...

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 ...

There was terror in her voice. Although Marjana (not her real name) was inside her home, she whispered when narrating her story.  “We were handed black ...

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 ...