The future of both women - and millions of others in Afghanistan - now hangs in the balance following the Taliban's recent diktats against women, banning them from studying in medical institutes ...

The Afghanistan women's situation has been the sport's thorniest issue, even surpassing the never-ending India-Pakistan warring, and continues to divide the sport's power brokers. Ever since the ...

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities raided well-known women's radio station Radio Begum on Tuesday, arresting two employees, the broadcaster said, calling for the speedy release of its staff.

Cricket's governing body is under fire from Afghan women after being banned from playing by the Taliban, while men have continued competing. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has been ...

Although Afghan women and girls have made strides in education, the economy, health care, politics, and broader civil society since the 2001 U.S.-led intervention, these advances remain fragile.

We want to bridge divides to reach everyone. The Taliban have imposed 127 restrictions on women since returning to power in Afghanistan in 2021, according to a running tally by the United States ...

Melbourne (AFP) – Afghanistan's women cricketers on Thursday played their first game since fleeing the Taliban three years ago, a charity match in Australia that captain Nahida Sapan hoped would ...

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The Taliban's Information and Culture Ministry said Tuesday (February 4, 2025) that it suspended an Afghan women’s radio station, citing “unauthorized provision” of content and programming ...

A few miles from the Melbourne Cricket Ground where Australia and England started the women’s Ashes test on Thursday, a group of Afghan refugee cricketers played their first match as a team ...

Throughout the changing political landscape of Afghanistan in the last fifty years, women have been campaigning for their rights and made some gains but the issue has also been exploited by different ...

Afghanistan's women cricketers recently played their first game since fleeing the Taliban three years ago, a charity match in Australia that captain Nahida Sapan hoped would spark "a movement for ...