Besides imposing severe rules on women, new laws require men to grow fist-length beards and bar them from imitating ...

As the power of the "morality police" in Afghanistan grows, so do the restrictions on individual freedoms - "Should we have ...

The actress said a cat that can “feel the sun on her face” and run through a park has more rights than Afghan girls and women ...

The Taliban are unleashing a legal onslaught to implement their vision for the country – for men, by men, and of men.

Locals in northwestern Pakistan, where the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan extremist group is seeking to reclaim its former ...

The Taliban has begun enforcing some of its new austere rules for Afghan society, dictating strict controls according to ...

Hollywood actor Meryl Streep's remarks come in the wake of the Taliban's latest set of restrictive laws, which were ...

New Taliban rules further oppress women in Afghanistan ... The new stipulations also affect men, as they include rules on men's clothing and beard length. Furthermore, they ban homosexuality ...

KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said on Monday a recently ... including rules on men’s clothing and beard length as well as bans on homosexuality, animal fighting, playing music ...

Acclaimed actress Meryl Streep condemned the severe restrictions on women's freedoms in Afghanistan at a UN General Assembly ...

Another speaker at the council session was Richard Bennett, the U.N. special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan. Bennett has frequently criticized the Taliban’s treatment of women ...

KABUL, Sept 19 (Reuters) - The Taliban administration is in control of 39 Afghan embassies and consulates globally three years after it took over Afghanistan and the previous Western-backed ...