Women

Marking World Entrepreneurs Day, the UN said Monday that it supports Afghan women entrepreneurs across Afghanistan and hailed their initiative to create jobs and contribute to economic growth. “On World …

At least eight women’s rights activists, who were apprehended by the Taliban from a residence north of Kabul, have been released, as reported by the Afghanistan Women’s Unity and Solidarity …

The UN said Tuesday that the International Criminal Court should recognize gender discrimination in Afghanistan as a crime against humanity. “The legal opinion we have received shows that the denial …

Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat, their chief spokesman said in an interview marking the second anniversary of …

The changing room in the CB Smith Reserve grounds in northern Melbourne is filled with football kits and chatter. Some players are doing last-minute boot checks, others putting on their …

Taliban shot into the air and used firehoses to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting in Kabul Wednesday against an order by Taliban authorities to shut down beauty parlors, the …