Democracy had come to an end in Afghanistan and sharia was in effect, he said, adding that supporters of democracy were ...

Masouma is not the only woman who has turned to this workshop to make ends meet. Due to the Taliban’s restrictions on female ...

Failure by nation-states to implement policies that include and empower vulnerable young people lies at the heart of why ...

Women in Afghanistan sell their hair to make money. The Taliban banned the sale of body parts, including hair. Taliban ...

Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ have adopted the abaya robe favoured in Gulf nations.

Afghanistan is the only country in the world that bans female secondary and higher education, with the Taliban justifying the ban saying it doesn't comply with their interpretation of Sharia, ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women. Since their return to ...

Afghanistan is one of the world’s poorest ... appearing in public without a male family member and an all-covering burqa, speaking loudly or pursuing anything beyond a primary education, among ...

Despite ongoing war and political turmoil, Israeli young adults rank highest in self-reported quality of social connections; ...