Women in Afghanistan

Afghan women hold placards as they march to protest for their rights, in Kabul on April 29, 2023. Afghan women protested in Kabul on April 29, defying a dissent crackdown to voice opposition to foreign nations formally recognizing the Taliban government.

Taliban codifies absolute ban on public protests across Afghanistan

A new law formally bans demonstrations nationwide, expands police powers and removes legal protections for peaceful assembly.

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Women in Afghanistan (Photo: Human Rights Watch)

Five years of Taliban rule leave Afghanistan in overlapping crises

Millions of Afghans face hunger, displacement, shrinking access to healthcare and education, climate shocks and declining aid, while restrictions on women, civil society and independent media continue to deepen the country’s overlapping crises.

August 15, 2026

Group of Afghan women wearing burqas (Photo: Wikimedia commons)

Afghan women increasingly isolated as Taliban restrictions erode rights: UN

UN Women says the restrictions have worsened mental health and weakened Afghan women’s legal protections and economic opportunities.

August 13, 2026

Over 50 experts seek international crime status for Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’

The appeal is contained in the “International Declaration on Gender Apartheid and Its Destructive Consequences”, which is due to be launched on August 13.

August 8, 2026

West Afghanistan female dress-code crackdown hits businesses

A rare protest against the restrictions was violently dispersed with at least two people killed, according to the United Nations.

July 12, 2026

A Taliban security personnel frisks Afghans along a road in Kandahar on June 26, 2026. (AFP)

Australia joins countries warning against Afghanistan travel as global advisories rise

Australia warns Afghanistan is entirely unsafe and renews top travel ban as global governments maintain highest-level advisories, citing violence, kidnappings, detentions, collapsed services, border closures, and lack of consular protection.

June 30, 2026

Kabul Afghanistan - (File Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Afghan Taliban detain woman journalist for working alongside male cameraman

A woman journalist and her colleagues were detained by the Taliban in Kabul while covering Ashura ceremonies, sparking renewed concerns over press freedom and media restrictions in Afghanistan.

June 27, 2026

Women detained in Afghanistan's Herat in clothing crackdown

June 8, 2026

UN agency raises concerns over Taliban arrests of women in Herat

UNAMA voiced concern after Taliban authorities detained multiple women in Herat over alleged dress code violations, underscoring growing international alarm over restrictions on women’s rights and freedoms in Afghanistan.

June 7, 2026

A member of the Taliban special forces pushes a journalist (L) covering a demonstration by women protestors outside a school in Kabul on September 30, 2021. (AFP)

Taliban detain journalists as press freedom crumbles in Afghanistan

Taliban authorities detain three journalists in Kabul in a single week as rights groups warn of escalating repression, arbitrary arrests and sweeping restrictions that continue to dismantle Afghanistan’s independent media.

May 10, 2026