Women’s beauty salons must close in a month, according to an order from the Taliban. Beauty salons operators and women’s rights activists call the decision “devastating” for Afghani women.
Mina Akbari is again working as a journalist after fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan. She is reporting for diaspora media from her new home in Pakistan.
Herat, a province in western Afghanistan, is well-known for its raisins. According to estimates, the province produces about twenty metric tonnes of the dried fruit year using ancient methods.
This week, Afghan protesters demonstrated in Paris, demanding the international community refuse to recognize the Taliban. The demonstration comes as a U.N.-organized meeting on how to engage with the Taliban is taking place in
The Taliban government limited Afghan women’s rights after coming to power in August 2021 with a number of decrees.These include ban of women working or going to school.
The Taliban’s decision to ban women from universities has an effect on Pakistani women studying medicine in Afghanistan.
As a result of threats for her reporting from inside Afghanistan, Mina Akbari fled to Pakistan. But, the journalist says it might be difficult to adaptadapting to life in a new country.
A radio station in the province of Khost has stepped in to broadcast literary programming as girls are not allowed to attend school across Afghanistan
This month, the Taliban’s acting minister of higher education in Afghanistan announced some changes to the country’s education system. Former educators are opposing the revisions, claiming that they are damaging Afghanistan’s educational legacy.
The Turkish government is accused by the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch of deporting thousands of Afghan refugees, including those most at risk.