Up to 70% of girls may be in early or forced marriages but law now makes divorce impossible if husbands disagree ...

Pakistan, May 25 -- Taliban authorities have shut down three local radio stations in southern Afghanistan, intensifying an ...

The United Nations expressed "grave concern" on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan's Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage.

EU faces backlash over first invite to Taliban since 2021 takeover - Angered EU lawmakers say those who ‘carry out crimes ...

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

The leader of Pakistan’s Taliban armed group has been killed by a drone strike in neighbouring Afghanistan’s remote Kunar province, Afghan officials have said. Mullah Fazlullah, believed to have been ...

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.

A new Afghan law requires girls to wait until puberty before seeking to get out of a marriage. It also requires mediation for ...

The United Nations and rights groups say Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have detained at least three journalists on undisclosed charges in recent days.

A black car carrying Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is mobbed by students at the Deoband seminary, India, Oct. 11, 2025. Credit: X/Afghanistan Defense In a post on X on October 20, ...

By Amina Ismail BRUSSELS, May 12 (Reuters) - The European Commission is planning a first meeting with Taliban officials in ...

The Afghanistan Refugee team will contain players who had been contracted to the Afghanistan Cricket Board and left the country after being “systematically excluded from sport a ...