In a country where women are banned from talking loudly in public and even looking out of the windows, one of the few female ...

Since seizing power in 2021, Afghanistan's Taliban administration has rolled back hard-fought rights won by Afghan women and girls during two decades of rule by American-backed governments. The ...

Such scenes may well be familiar sights at fashion events around the world, but not in the Afghan capital. The show marked the first major beauty competition for men and women, Afghanistan’s Mr ...

It operates three other hotels in Afghanistan, two in Kabul and one in the eastern ... Last year, they ordered the closure of ...

It is one of the few places in Afghanistan where women like her can work since the Taliban came back into power in 2021. "When I worked in a beauty salon, it was good," she said. "The pay was good.