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Four young girls dressed in matching outfits hold Taliban flags on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the US withdrawal and the start of Taliban rule in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Nava Jamshidi)
August 15, 2026, 1:40 pm
Taliban marks 5 years back in power as Afghan women remain shut out of public life
Officials tout stability and end to war while women remain barred from universities and girls over 12 are shut out of school; UN warns of deepening rights crisis
By Qahar Afghan and Susan Frazer
A Taliban fighter stands guard as women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
January 24, 2025, 3:21 pm
Taliban slams possible ICC arrest warrant, says court should go after Israel and US
Kabul accuses court of trying to ‘impose a particular interpretation of human rights’ after chief prosecutor says Taliban leaders suspected of gender-based crimes against humanity
By AFP
Afghan burqa-clad women stand in a queue as they wait to receive food being distributed as an aid by the World Food Programme (WFP) organization at Nawabad Kako Sahib area in Baraki Barak district of Logar Province on January 7, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP)
January 10, 2024, 11:30 pm
Taliban official says women detained for improper dress amid crackdown in Kabul
Afghan security official claims detainees were only advised ‘to have greater respect and dignity’ and were not ‘disrespected or humiliated’
By AFP
Taliban fighters stand guard at the explosion site, near the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
April 10, 2023, 6:08 pm
Taliban ban restaurant gardens for families, women in northwestern province
Moves follow complaints from religious scholars and members of the public about mixing of genders, claims women aren’t wearing their hijabs correctly
By AP
A banner with images of women defaced using spray paint, inside a private university after it reopened in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 6, 2023. (Wakil KOHSAR/AFP)
March 6, 2023, 1:16 pm
Afghan universities open solely for men amid ‘heartbreaking’ ban on women
Students voice opposition to prohibition Taliban dubiously claims is temporary, as several ultraconservative advisers to country’s leader remain wary of education for women
By Estelle Emonet and Qubad Wali
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, February 14, 2023. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via AP, File)
February 16, 2023, 8:47 pm
After protest crackdown, Iran tells Afghanistan to improve conditions for women
Joint statement issued with China after Iranian president visits Beijing also rejects Western standards of human rights and democracy
By AP
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. (Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
December 27, 2022, 5:32 pm
UN warns Taliban curbs on women will have ‘terrible consequences’
Rights chief Volker Turk says policies excluding half of Afghanistan’s population will destabilize country, with effects rippling beyond borders
By AFP
Taliban security personnel stand guard along a road in Kabul on December 21, 2022. (Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
December 25, 2022, 1:11 am
Taliban orders all NGOs to stop employing women over alleged hijab violations
Move sparks outcry, coming less than a week after Islamist authorities banned women from attending universities; Afghan women are effectively being squeezed out of public life
By Jay Deshmukh and Abdullah Hasrat
In this file photo taken on October 13, 2022, Afghan female students arrive for entrance exams at Kabul University in Kabul. (Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
December 21, 2022, 12:49 pm
Taliban timeline: The gradual crackdown on Afghan women’s education, rights
A look at the growing restrictions enforced by the radical group since its return to power
By AFP
Afghan female university students stopped by Taliban security personnel stand next to a university in Kabul on December 21, 2022. (Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)
December 21, 2022, 11:45 am
Afghan women weep as Taliban fighters enforce new university ban
‘We have lost everything,’ one student says as hardline Islamists tighten restrictions on women; Washington vows ‘consequences’
By Agencies
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