Women's Day rallies seek improved rights

Many protests included calls for solidarity with women in Iran and Afghanistan.

9 March 2023

Taliban orders NGOs to ban female staff, efforts at risk

Afghanistan's already struggling economy has tipped into crisis since the Taliban took over in 2021.

25 December 2022

Kabul hotel attack ends as three gunmen killed

Several bombings have taken place in Afghanistan in recent months.

13 December 2022

Blast at Afghanistan journalist event kills at least one

Sajad Mosawi, a journalist in Balkh who was injured in the blast, said it had torn through the centre during an event to celebrate journalists.

12 March 2023

Blinken calls on Afghan Taliban to reverse ban on women at uni

"There are going to be costs if this is not reversed," he said of the ban announced on Tuesday.

23 December 2022

Islamic State claims responsibility for suicide blast

A suicide bomber killed at least five people in the attack.

12 January 2023

Al Qaeda releases video by al-Zawahiri who was believed dead

Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan.

24 December 2022

Taliban-led Afghan administration suspends women from uni

The decision came as many university students were sitting end-of-term exams.

21 December 2022