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14 hrs ago
Three Afghan soldiers in camouflage gear with guns peer around the corner of a sand-coloured building, with smoke seen around the corner

Hundreds of Afghan soldiers to be allowed to relocate to UK after U-turn

Previously "overlooked" evidence shows some Afghan soldiers are eligible for resettlement to the UK, armed forces minister says.

14 hrs ago
Asia
29 Sep 2024
Nazdana holding a complaint paper

A child bride won the right to divorce - now the Taliban say it doesn't count

The Taliban have been revisiting rulings made under the US-backed government, overturning thousands of cases.

29 Sep 2024
Asia
24 Sep 2024
Meryl Streep spoke on the side lines of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York

Cats have more freedom than Afghan women - Meryl Streep

A cat may "feel the sun on her face" in a park but girls do not have such freedoms under the Taliban, she said.

24 Sep 2024
Asia
11 Sep 2024
Teenage girls are unable to attend school. The BBC is not showing their faces to protect their identities

'If we can't speak, why live?' - BBC meets women after new Taliban law

The new law, banning women from raising their voice in public, is the latest crushing women's rights.

11 Sep 2024
Asia
10 Sep 2024
Woman holding her head with Yogita Limaye

BBC meets women suffering under Taliban’s new law

The BBC hears from women who have seen their rights crushed since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.

10 Sep 2024
Asia
10 Sep 2024
Hamdullah Fitrat

Taliban defends new law that curbs women's freedoms

A Taliban government spokesman says the edict is in accordance with Islamic Sharia law.

10 Sep 2024
Asia
9 Sep 2024
A large crowd of people waving papers in front of a line of men with guns.

US Republicans blame Biden in Afghanistan withdrawal report

Democrats have responded in kind, calling the report biased and blaming former President Trump for the chaos.

9 Sep 2024
World
7 Sep 2024
A picture of 22-year-old Mah from Afghanistan who fled to Cardiff when the Taliban took over. She is wearing a pink blazer, standing in front of a glass window.

The Afghan women who escaped to get an education abroad

Over three years since the Taliban takeover and restrictions on women, we hear from those studying abroad.

7 Sep 2024
Newsbeat
29 Aug 2024
An Afghan man, looking at the camera, leans against meshed wire in a Mixed Martial Arts cage. He's wearing white boxing gloves.

MMA in Afghanistan? Too violent for the Taliban

Officials say mixed martials arts poses a risk of death and is incompatible with Islamic law.

29 Aug 2024
Asia

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