Afghanistan's minister in charge of vice and virtue defended on Monday the crackdown on women's dress code in the western ...

The Taliban are tightening the screws on women's clothing, shooting at protesters and ordering even their own officials to stop using smartphones. Behind the regime's omnipresent control, there are ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers deny shooting at protesters and claim no women or girls have been arrested because they're all following strict dress code rules.

The protest followed the arrests of dozens of women for alleged dress code violation in the Afghan city of Herat.

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Afghanistan’s leader has exerted full control over a city that once enjoyed looser social norms, even under Taliban rule.

Taliban officials are stopping Afghan women in markets and on the streets for not wearing gloves, socks and veils to fully cover up their bodies – and shooting protesters who object. Arpan Rai reports ...

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“My team-mates are my sisters. Our dream is to play together again, standing side by side.” In June 2021, Fatima Foladi was a rising football star in Afghanistan when she scored against Tajikistan in ...

Syria’s minister of social affairs and labor, Hind Kabawat, led the delegation, as few Afghan women were represented in their ...