Banned from education, a clandestine reading circle meets every week to pour over novels by Abbas Maroufi, Zoya Pirzad and Ernest Hemingway ...

Taliban government: The new penal code legalises domestic violence against women by husbands until their bones are not broken ...

A country has now legally allowed men to beat their wives, seemingly being considered at par with being “slaves”. No, this is not a script of a dystopian television show showing the plight of women in ...

Under the Taliban’s penal code, which includes 119 articles, published on January 7, 2026, the penalty for animal abuse outweighs that of a serious case of domestic violence.

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were released by the Taliban in September after being detained for seven-and-a-half months.

At least 69 people were killed, and 169 were injured after a suicide bomber detonated himself inside a shrine in Pakistan's ...

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Under the code, psychological and sexual violence are not explicitly prohibited, leaving significant gaps in legal protection. The maximum penalty for abuse is 15 days in prison, and only in cases ...

New Delhi, Feb 19, 2026 (ANI): Live AI-enabled sign language interpreted PM Modi’s speech at India’s AI Impact Summit 2026 on Feb 19.

Women comprise less than a fifth of specialised physicians in the country, new decree risks shutting Afghan women out of professions & access to healthcare.

Afghanistan's decision to overhaul its medicine market was meant to improve quality and boost domestic production, but industry specialists say the swift changes have led to a litany of problems. And ...

Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Tuesday it had released three Pakistani soldiers captured during border clashes in October, in a move ...