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          Firoza Amiri, left, and Nahida Sapan will be part of an Afghanistan Women's XI to take on a Cricket Without Borders XI team in Australia. Getty Images

          Afghan cricketers ready to represent ‘millions of women’ in Australia match

          CricketJanuary 29, 2025
          An Afghan woman gestures as she weaves a carpet at a factory on the outskirts of Kabul on November 11. Women are the foundation of families, communities and economies. Suppressing them is suppressing a nation’s future. AFP

          The Taliban's treatment of Afghan women is unjust and un-Islamic

          CommentNovember 29, 2024
          Malala Yousafzai says global leaders must prioritise women's rights, particularly in Afghanistan. Getty Images

          Malala Yousafzai calls on global leaders to ban gender discrimination

          UKOctober 29, 2024
          Burqa-clad Afghan women travel in the back of a local taxi in Kandahar. AFP

          Taliban morality law 'jeopardises re-engagement with world'

          NewsSeptember 18, 2024
          Taliban security officials at a checkpoint, in Kabul, Afghanistan. The regime has used jamming technology possibly from Iran to stop an independent Afghan channel broadcasting into the country. EPA

          Taliban jams Afghan TV station 'with Iran's help'

          AsiaSeptember 16, 2024
          Afghans prepare to board a US military plane at Kabul airport on August 21, 2021, amid the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Getty Images

          US Republicans blame Biden administration for Afghanistan withdrawal chaos

          USSeptember 09, 2024
          Women walk along a street in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. AFP

          UN Security Council condemns Taliban's morality law targeting Afghan women

          NewsSeptember 06, 2024
          The National

          Shadi's take on Afghan women using music and poetry to protest the Taliban's silence law

          CartoonSeptember 03, 2024
          Afghan activist Taiba Sulaimani sings while putting on her headscarf, in a video she posted on Twitter to protest against the Taliban's new law requiring women to be silent in public.

          Afghan women turn to music and poetry to raise voices against Taliban's silence law

          AsiaSeptember 03, 2024
          AP/ EPA/ Gerald Du

          Would Afghanistan be better off had the US not invaded?

          CommentAugust 30, 2024
          Afghan women shop for clothes at a roadside stall in Kabul. The Taliban has enforced stricter dress codes and other restrictions on women. EPA

          Afghan women despair at new Taliban law tightening curbs on them

          AsiaAugust 24, 2024
          Afghan medical student Zahra Hussaini has come to UK to continue studying. The National

          Afghan woman restarts medical studies in UK after Taliban ban

          UKAugust 24, 2024
          The National

          Shadi's take on the latest legal assault on Afghan women

          WeekendAugust 23, 2024
          Taliban security forces celebrate the third anniversary of the group's takeover of Afghanistan, in Kabul. AFP

          Five repressive measures imposed on Afghanistan since Taliban takeover

          MENAAugust 23, 2024
          According to the Taliban, the newly enforced measures are necessary to promote virtue and prevent vice. EPA

          Taliban's new laws restrict women's clothing, men's appearance and media

          NewsAugust 23, 2024
          Afghanistan's Taliban administration marked the third anniversary of the end of US occupation of the country on August 15. EPA

          Afghanistan may never get a solid narrative for its 20-year war

          CommentAugust 23, 2024
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