Speaking about the recent incidents in Kabul, a UN source speaking on condition of anonymity said: “They were stopped outside ...

Some of the United Nations’ most senior female officials have been meeting Taliban leaders in Kabul to discuss the ban on female aid workers, as Afghanistan battles famine and poverty.

KABUL — Last June, a team of female doctors and nurses drove six hours across mountains, dry riverbeds and on unpaved roads to reach victims of a massive earthquake that had just hit eastern ...

Three major international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) announced on Sunday that they are halting their work in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s announcement that it is prohibiting ...

The Taliban have severely restricted the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan since returning to power in August 2021.

FILE - The benches of a school sit empty in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 22, 2022. A Taliban decree that reportedly took effect Dec. 3, 2024, bans medical schools in Afghanistan from admitting female ...

FILE - An Afghan man prepares tea for a relative being treated for COVID-19 in the Afghan-Japan Hospital in Kabul on Dec. 9, 2021. Afghanistan's health care system is on the brink of collapse and ...

As she noted, “Today in Kabul a female cat has more freedom than a woman. A cat may go sit on her front stoop and feel the sun on her face, she may chase a squirrel in the park.

A number of female UN staff members in Kabul have been forced to stop working after being stalked and harassed by unidentified men in Afghanistan’s Taliban-ruled capital, a development that is ...