Zarifa Yaqubi and four of her male colleagues were arrested by the Taliban during the launch of a women’s rights.

Thousands of women have lost their jobs since the Taliban took over - many of them were sole breadwinners in.

The protesters said that girls are suffering psychologically and that international pressure needs to be put on Taliban to reopen.

At a women’s only meeting in the capital, a group of activists begged the UN Security Council to hear their.

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, painted a rather grim picture of.

UN figures show that at least 1.1 million girls have been deprived of schooling in Afghanistan in just over a.

Without women’s rights organizations or a ministry of women’s affairs, Afghan women now have nowhere to turn to for help.

The UAE envoy says the exclusion of women from public and social life in Afghanistan is yet another example of.

HRW says the women experienced threats, beatings, dangerous conditions of confinement, denial of due process, abusive conditions of release, and.

The chamber of commerce and industry in Balkh meanwhile said women will have their full support if they want to.