The Latest Breaking News from Taliban

Prominent Afghans and Iranians say current laws do not capture the systematic suppression of women

The European Union has announced sanctions against officials from six countries, including Russia and Afghanistan, for violence and rights abuses against women. This comes as countries around the globe mark International Women's Day on Wednesday.

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government has made Hijab mandatory for female students and teachers at co-educational institutions in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

‘I have lost my husband and now I have lost my only child,’ says mother of Rishmeet Singh, whose father was killed by Taliban in 2019

Kabul (AFP) - Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have freed a detained academic, his aide told AFP on Monday, months after he used a television appearance to protest the ban on women's university education.

KABUL: Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a "heartbreaking" ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force.

A day after eight political party leaders wrote a joint letter to PM Modi alleging "blatant misuse" of central agencies against the opposition, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut likening raids against them by probe bodies with those by the al-Qaeda and Taliban. Read further on Dynamite News:

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