Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Girl students and teachers maimed in acid attack

Afghan authorities have arrested 10 Taliban insurgents who threw acid in the faces of schoolgirls in southern Afghanistan, an official said on Tuesday.

Afghanistan: Interview with Afghan woman rights campaigner Malalai Joya

Women's rights defender Malalai Joya has won the "Anna Politkovskaya" award for courage.

Afghanistan: "Women who took on the Taliban – and lost"

Three years ago, Kim Sengupta interviewed five women who wanted to build a new Afghanistan. Today, three are dead and a fourth has fled.

Afghanistan: Two women executed by the Taliban

Two Afghan women have been reported murdered by Taliban militants in the country's central Ghazni province.

Afghanistan: Afghan Women Olympic Athlete Seeks Asylum in Europe

Mehboba Ahdyar was to be the poster-child for the Olympics but the 19-year-old Afghan runner ran away from an Italian training camp last week. She has since told her parents she is too scared of reprisals and plans to seek asylum in Europe.

Afghanistan: Many women unaware of their rights

Three distinct judicial systems are in force in Afghanistan: the official courts, the traditional jirgas and Islamic scholarship.

Afghanistan:"My husband cut off my ears and nose and broke my teeth"

Doctors at a hospital in Qalat, capital of Zabul Province in southern Afghanistan, are treating a brutally tortured woman whose husband cut off both her ears and nose, broke her teeth and shaved her head only three months after their marriage.

Afghanistan: Millions of children not attending school

“We still have 1.2 million girls of school age who do not have access to schools,” said Catherine Mbengue, UNICEF Country Representative in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan: Proposed legislation echoes Taliban-era restrictions

A draft proposal put forth last week would ban loud music, women and men mingling in public, billiards, and more.

Afghanistan: le parlement prépare une législation rappelant les talibans

"Enfin pour les réunions publiques, en particulier les mariages, les femmes et hommes doivent être séparés et la musique de faible volume, estime le projet de loi."

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