The arrests come amid a growing struggle for women in Afghanistan who've been practically barred from society under Taliban ...

Geneva, June 12 (IANS) UN experts expressed grave concern over reports of excessive use of force against demonstrators ...

Pakistan says it killed 26 militants in "precise and calibrated" strikes, but Afghanistan's Taliban rulers claim 11 children ...

On the streets of Herat, in western Afghanistan, this week, Taliban enforcers from the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue ...

A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers deny shooting at protesters and claim no women or girls have been arrested because they're all following strict dress code rules.

Taliban security forces in Afghanistan used excessive force against protesters in the city of Herat on June 9, 2026.

Sara Yousefi and her mother, Chiman Hosseinzadeh, were said to have been killed by Mofti Mohammadollah, head of the Taliban’s ...

A crackdown by Afghan authorities on demonstrators in western Afghanistan has left at least three people injured, ...

The protest followed the arrests of dozens of women for alleged dress code violation in the Afghan city of Herat.

The Taliban commander who abducted an American journalist was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading ...

"This is one of the most worrying legal developments in Afghanistan under the Taliban," says Roqia Saee, a women's rights ...