But they deserve to be free.” Talash, the first known breakdancer in Afghanistan, described making “wings from the fabric of a burqa” to symbolize that “one day soon [women] can fly.” ...

They too wore the blue burka, known as chadari in Afghanistan. The older of the two singing sisters, Mashal (also a pseudonym), compares the burka to "'a mobile cage". "It's like a graveyard where ...

All Afghan women have a right to asylum in Europe. The Court of Justice of the European Union came to this conclusion last ...

Afghan Burqa-clad women walk along a road during the celebration of third anniversary of Taliban takeover of Afghanistan near the Ahmad Shah Massoud square in Kabul on Aug. 14. Afghan Burqa-clad ...

The Taliban has slashed women’s rights in Afghanistan even further. Now, women can’t raise their voices in public, sing or ...

One morning, after 20 years of democracy in Afghanistan, the president fled the country and fighters entered the city. My son ...

Afghanistan’s singing sisters defying the Taliban from under a burka Close Since the 2021 takeover, the Taliban have imposed restrictions on women's freedoms.

On October 4, 2024, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that gender and nationality alone are sufficient for a country ...

In Afghanistan, Taliban have captured Burka district in country's northern Baghlan province. Talking to media, provincial police spokesman Jawed Basharat said Taliban launched multi-pronged offensive ...

A photographer has described her horror after being alerted to a picture she said she took of Afghanistan’s first female police officer being used to promote banning the burka by Britain First.