Turkish filmmaker says 'Cinema Jazireh' inspired by Afghan women who erase themselves to survive

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Imagine a situation where all that one can do is watch helplessly as tragedy unfolds. Afghanistan, where ...
Opinion
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Cutting the internet in Afghanistan is gender-based violence

The Taliban’s denial of access to digital spaces violates human rights, especially women’s, say Benbow, Gunawansa and Zhu-Maguire.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Peaky Blinders Lookalikes Arrested By Afghan Taliban

The Taliban has arrested four young Afghan men for "promoting alien culture” because they wore outfits like those of the ...

Taliban arrest four men for dressing up as Peaky Blinders characters

Taliban morality police arrest four men for dressing up as Peaky Blinders characters - Taliban has instructed Afghan men to ...

Taliban detains 4 men for dressing up as "Peaky Blinders" characters, gives them rehabilitation

For the Taliban religious police, four young friends' passion for Thomas Shelby's flat cap fashion was a step too far in the ...
The New York Times

Afghanistan and Pakistan Announce Cease-Fire After a Week of Deadly Clashes

The cease-fire went into effect on Wednesday, hours after explosions hit Kabul and 12 Afghans died in fighting along the countries’ border. By Elian Peltier Yaqoob Akbary and Safiullah Padshah Yaqoob ...
CNN

As Afghan women’s soccer squad is announced, players’ fight for recognition goes on

Five young women are staring anxiously at a laptop. This is the call they’ve long been waiting for. A flurry of mixed emotions takes over as they each learn they have been selected by FIFA for the ...
The Diplomat

When Women Betray Women: The Female Face of Afghanistan’s Oppression

Among Afghans, there is a saying: “A woman can only be defeated by a woman.” In today’s Afghanistan, this expression takes on a painfully literal meaning. With women and girls barred from schools, ...
PBS

Afghan women’s freedoms severely restricted four years after U.S. withdrawal, UN says

Four years ago today, the U.S. military completed its chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Since then, the Taliban has imposed Islamic law and severely restricted the rights of girls and women. John ...
Yahoo

UN concerned by Taliban's arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations

The United Nations expressed concern on Monday about the Taliban's arrest of Afghan women and girls for their alleged failure to comply with the authorities' dress code. "These incidents serve to ...
Barron's

UN 'Concerned' As Afghan Women Arrested Over Taliban Dress Code

The United Nations expressed its "concern" on Monday over a series of arrests of Afghan women in the capital Kabul who were accused of breaching the Taliban government's strict dress code, with ...
Sun Sentinel

UN concerned by Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for dress code violations

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations on Monday expressed concern about the Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for their alleged failure to comply with the authorities’ dress code. The U.N.