By bne IntelliNews Uzbekistan’s Termez border trade hub with Afghanistan has seen a sharp decline in footfall attributed to a newly applied Taliban ban on Afghan women under 40 from entering it.

Almost 80% of all women under 30 years old are excluded from education or work under the Islamist Taliban regime in ...

Many Afghan women are largely confined to their homes, no longer able to go out in public on their own or to drive. Where once they dreamed of furthering their education or pursuing vocations, now ...

A former chess coach says a member of the Taliban vice squad told him: "Playing chess is forbidden. Buying a chess set is ...

Birmingham is set to accept another 120-plus Afghan refugees amid the “perilous conditions” under Taliban rule. The council ...

Nearly four years after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, a new UN Women report reveals that Afghan women are falling ...

Birmingham Council said doing nothing would mean road surfacing at the sites would become "extremely dangerous" ...

Ongoing global conflicts such as those in Ukraine and the Middle East, and shifting international priorities are exacerbating ...