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 ...

A Brief History of Women's Rights In Afghanistan Think of women in Afghanistan now, and you'll probably recall pictures in the media of women being forced to wear full-body burqas, perhaps the famous ...

Council library refuses to put up ‘No To Taliban’ sign for ‘neutrality’ despite display featuring puberty blockers in ...

Using the emblematic burqa to conceal the identities of the women athletes now forbidden from doing what they love best, Noroozi came up with the haunting series of faceless portraits to offer an ...

Analysts suggest Russia's primary goal is to assert influence in Afghanistan and Central Asia while countering Western involvement in the region.

The Taliban issued a new directive that bans women from studying at medical institutions, effectively shutting out women from ...

But one thing is certain: Having to wear a burqa will be the least of Afghan women's concerns.Marina Haidari's childhood memories are catching up with her. One of them dates back to 1997 ...

Most Afghan women already wear some form of hijab ... which covers the face but not the eyes, or a burqa, covering the body and full face with a mesh over the eyes. It's their mahram or male ...

Since the group claimed power in Afghanistan in August last year, women’s rights have been stripped back by a number of draconian restrictions, including a rule introduced at the end of December ...