Afghan women hold protest in Kabul against Taliban after hijab decree

May 09, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 9 : Dozens of Afghan women on Monday took to the streets in Kabul to protest against the Taliban days after...

US to exert pressure on Taliban to reconsider making hijab compulsory

May 11, 2022

Washington [US], May 11 : In response to the Taliban diktat making the hijab compulsory for Afghan women, the US stated that if the...

Malala Yousafzai slams Taliban for hijab decree, urges world leaders to take action

May 09, 2022

New Delhi [India], May 10 : Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has expressed fear for women and girls in Afghanistan after the Taliban issued...

UN chief concerned over new hijab rules for Afghan women

May 08, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], May 8 : UN chief Antonio Guterres aired his concerns about a recent decision by the Taliban to obligate Afghan women to...

Afghan women banned from university 'for not following dress code': Taliban minister

Dec 22, 2022

The continuation of co-education and lack of observation of hijab by students were among the reason cited by Taliban minister Neda Mohammad Nadim for...

G7 nations condemn Taliban's new decree enforcing hijab on Afghan women

May 13, 2022

Ottawa [Canada], May 13 : The G7 Foreign Ministers on Thursday (local time) deplored the Taliban's recent decree enforcing hijab on Afghan women and...