Women with signs demanding equal rights, work and education, participate in a protest against gender apartheid in Afghanistan ...

The Taliban’s so-called “morality police” enforce bans on Western-style haircuts, music, and women traveling without a male ...

Afghan women’s rights activists counter that the Quran does not ban women from getting educated and imposes far fewer rules about proper dress than the ones mandated by the Taliban. Many of the ...

Afghan women's freedom of expression is severely ... The Taliban impose a strict dress code, requiring women to cover their faces completely in public. Failure to comply can result in arrest ...

The Taliban have limited women's rights, banning girls from secondary and higher education and imposing restrictions on dress and employment ... son of assassinated Afghan national hero Ahmad ...