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Category Archives: Afghan Women

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Afghanistan Identified as World’s Worst Country for Women

2nd January, 2026 · admin · Leave a comment

8am: In this report, the situation of women has been examined based on three main indicators: inclusion, justice, and security, and it shows that women in Afghanistan are in the lowest global position in terms of security and access to justice. According to the report, severe restrictions on women’s right to work and education have

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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International community has lost interest’: Afghanistan’s first female vice-president sees history repeating

26th December, 2025 · admin

The Guardian (UK): The peace of the graveyard has descended upon Afghanistan. “Afghanistan might seem safe now, there are not a lot of explosions, but it is a graveyard kind of security. The most peaceful place is the grave: there nobody protests,” says Dr Sima Samar. Samar has spent a lifetime working for the ideals

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Political News | Tags: Betrayal of Afghan people, Sima Samar |
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Afghanistan Beat Bangladesh 3–1 in Women’s Central Asian Volleyball

23rd December, 2025 · admin

Khaama: Afghanistan’s women’s volleyball team secured their first Central Asian Championship win, defeating Bangladesh 3–1 in Malé after earlier losses in the tournament. The Central Asian championship features teams from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives and Kyrgyzstan and runs from December 19 to December 25, providing a rare competitive platform for women’s volleyball teams from the region.

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women, Photos | Tags: Buzkashi, Volleyball |
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Taliban Ban Women from Entering Sakhi Shrine in Kabu

12th December, 2025 · admin

8am: Sources in Kabul say that the Taliban have, for the past few days, prohibited women from entering the Sakhi shrine in Kabul city. These sources told the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Thursday, December 11, that the reasons for this ban include the failure to observe the hijab as prescribed by the Taliban, the mixed

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Australia Introduces Independent Sanctions Regime Targeting Taliban Leadership

6th December, 2025 · admin

Afghanistan International: Australia’s Foreign Ministry has announced the establishment of an independent sanctions framework targeting at least 140 Taliban individuals and entities, aimed at holding the group accountable for its repression of women and girls. Australia is the first country to formally integrate a Taliban-specific sanctions system into domestic law. Click here to read more

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Posted in Afghan Women, Australia-Afghanistan Relations, NRF - National Resistance Front, Taliban | Tags: Ali Maisam Nazary |
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Taliban In Kandahar Urge Men To Hand Over ‘Disobedient’ Women

24th November, 2025 · admin

Afghanistan International: Residents told Afghanistan International that Taliban officers have recently intensified visits to neighbourhood mosques, urging families to submit women who “do not listen to male family members, go to the market without permission, or fail to observe full hijab.” Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Women, Taliban | Tags: Kandahar, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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Mysterious Death of 17-Year-Old Afghan Girl Sparks Outrage

17th November, 2025 · admin

Khaama: A 17-year-old Afghan girl, Farkhunda, has died under mysterious circumstances in Kabul, just weeks after her marriage. Taliban authorities claim it was a stroke, but suspicions persist. She had married about six weeks before her death, reportedly under pressure from her husband’s family, which has close ties to the Taliban. Women’s rights activists have

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Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, Taliban | Tags: "Honor Killing", Life under Taliban rule |
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WFP Warns of Rising Hunger Crisis in Afghanistan

12th November, 2025 · admin

Khaama: The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that Afghan women are witnessing their children die from malnutrition amid shrinking humanitarian support. John Aylieff, WFP’s Country Director in Afghanistan, said on Tuesday that many families have been cut off from vital aid and are struggling to survive. He stressed that now is not the time

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Posted in Afghan Children, Afghan Women, Economic News, Health News | Tags: Malnutrition, Poverty, Taliban government failure |
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How an Afghan child bride became one of Europe’s top bodybuilders

12th November, 2025 · admin

BBC: Roya Karimi’s perfectly-applied make-up and hair highlighted blonde wouldn’t look out of place in the finals of Miss Universe. It is hard to imagine that just 15 years ago, she was a teenage mother in Afghanistan, married off as a child bride, before she escaped to her new life. Now aged 30, she is

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Afghan Women | Tags: Bodybuilding, Roya Karim |
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Taliban Bars Women Without A Burqa From Entering Hospitals In Afghanistan

11th November, 2025 · admin

By Firuza Azizi Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 11, 2025 The Taliban has barred female patients, visitors, and medical staff who do not wear the all-encompassing burqa from entering public hospitals in western Afghanistan, the latest restriction by the hard-line Islamist group targeting women. The new dress restriction came into force on November 5 in the

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Posted in Afghan Women, Human Rights | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Taliban war on women |
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