Here & Now ‘s Robin Young talks with writer Mélissa Cornet and photographer Kiana Hayeri about their work traveling across seven provinces in the country to speak with more than 100 women and girls.
The Taliban say they will close all NGOs employing Afghan women
The Taliban say they will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women, the latest crackdown on women’s rights since they took power in August 2021.
The Global Story – Afghanistan: “Life was so beautiful when I would go to school” – BBC Sounds
The Taliban have stopped women from attending midwifery and nursing courses
Afghanistan: Taliban’s Supreme Leader Orders No Windows In Areas Where Women Spend Time, Existing Ones To Be Obstructed
The supreme leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan has issued a directive banning the building of windows in residential properties that offer views into areas where women typically work or spend their …
The Taliban order all NGOs in Afghanistan to stop employing women or face closure
The Taliban says it will close all national and foreign nongovernmental groups in Afghanistan employing women. It comes two years after they told NGOs to suspend the employment of Afghan women, …
Pakistan attacks Afghanistan: Pak airstrikes killed 46 people, mostly women and children, claims Taliban
The death count in the bombardment by Pakistani military aircraft in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province on Tuesday mounted to 46. The Taliban government said most of the victims were children and …
US Senate approves promotion of general involved in Afghanistan withdrawal
Donahue commanded the military’s 82nd Airborne Division during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and was … Reuters provides business, financial, national and international news to …
Why are relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan so tense?
Pakistan says it was targeting armed groups along its frontier. It says several attacks on its territory have been launched from Afghan soil – a charge Taliban officials in Kabu …
Allies to adversaries: The deteriorating Pakistan-Afghanistan relations | Explained
Afghan Taliban and Pakistan are currently embroiled in a conflict after Islamabad launched strikes on Afghanistan. Pakistan claimed that its strikes intended to punish TTP, which is allegedly involved in conducting attacks in the country.
Afghan Taliban forces target ‘several points’ in Pakistan in retaliation for airstrikes, Afghan defense ministry says
Afghan Taliban forces targeted “several points” in neighboring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s defense ministry said on Saturday, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardment inside …