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While the rest of the world pays little attention, the Taliban’s edicts eroding women’s basic rights have only grown in number. Former female inmates of the group’s prisons tell Arpan Rai they are being brutally enforced

Exclusive: Afghans who worked for the previous Nato-backed administration face beatings, torture and mock executions in prison, while women and girls are being persecuted based on their gender alone

A U.N. spokesman says the United Nations will continue to engage all stakeholders in Afghanistan including the Taliban, even though they issued a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public and severed ties with the U.N. mission

The Taliban government's morality ministry said it would not cooperate with the United Nations mission in Afghanistan, calling it "an opposing side".

The Taliban defends controversial vice and virtue laws in Afghanistan despite international criticism, sparking concerns over women's rights and personal f...

The Taliban has rejected concerns and criticism from the United Nations over new vice and virtue laws which include a ban on women’s voices and bare faces in public

As handfuls gather on International Women’s Day, UN rights rapporteur calls for release of detained rights activists.

Taliban chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the UN preoccupation with Afghan women is unwarranted.

The U_N_’s most powerful body is being asked to support governments seeking to legally declare the crackdown by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on women and girls “gender apartheid."