When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, it did not simply change the flag over Kabul. It altered the everyday world of Afghan women in a way that is now hard to comprehend from outside the ...

The Taliban’s new family law has sparked outrage after reports said a girl’s silence could be treated as consent for marriage ...

The Taliban government, which has imposed some of the world’s toughest restrictions on women and girls since taking over ...

According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan , the regulation includes a section addressing girls who reach puberty ...

The UN said it “reinforces systemic discrimination” and erodes the rights of Afghan women and girls. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages ...

New family law regulation that sets out rules for marriages involving minors has been passed in Afghanistan, where children ...

The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021 for the second time. Since then, the former insurgents have consolidated their grip on power, excluded women and girls from public life, stamped out ...

The new law lays out rules on a range of family matters, including child marriage, missing spouses, allegations of adultery, apostasy and forced separation between couples.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have rounded up dozens of women in an apparent crackdown on perceived violations of the group's strict dress code. Dozens of women and girls were detained briefly last ...