The United Nations has criticized a new Afghan law on separation in marriage, saying it entrenches discrimination against women and girls.

A new Afghan law requires girls to wait until puberty before seeking to get out of a marriage. It also requires mediation for ...

EU faces backlash over first invite to Taliban since 2021 takeover - Angered EU lawmakers say those who ‘carry out crimes ...

The UN said it “reinforces systemic discrimination” and erodes the rights of Afghan women and girls. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages ...

Afghanistan’s regime has formalised what the UN calls “gender apartheid” by legalising child marriage and the sale of infant ...

The Afghanistan Refugee team will contain players who had been contracted to the Afghanistan Cricket Board and left the country after being “systematically excluded from sport a ...

Millions of people across Afghanistan are now struggling to survive as unemployment remains high and international aid ...

By Amina Ismail BRUSSELS, May 12 (Reuters) - The European Commission is planning a first meeting with Taliban officials in ...

The United Nations and rights groups say Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have detained at least three journalists on ...

The latest High Line Plinth commission reimagines Afghanistan’s 6th-century Buddhas of Bamiyan, destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 ...