OPINION: Don’t give up on Afghanistan’s women athletes
The Taliban have suggested they may ban women from sport. Either way the country’s sportswomen are determined to get back on pitches and courts
'Fashion is resistance': The Afghan designers championing traditional dress
As Taliban officials impose a dress code on female students, émigré Afghan designers are highlighting the rich diversity of women’s traditional attire
Afghanistan's Taliban say working on reopening girls' high schools
The Taliban said last week they would open schools for high school-aged boys, but not girls
World leaders return to U.N. with focus on pandemic, climate
Before the annual speeches begin, the U.N. chief and British prime minister will hold a summit on Monday to try and save November's COP26 climate summit from failure
Some Afghan girls return to school, others face anxious wait
The new Taliban ministry of education gave a statement that gave no indication of when girls might be able to go back to their classes.
'This is how we dress': Afghan women overseas pose in colourful attire
Posing in colourful attire, Afghan women staged an online protest on Twitter using #DoNotTouchMyClothes to denounce a new dress code introduced by the Taliban
EU's chief executive warns against 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'
The pace of vaccination against COVID-19 must be quickened to avert 'a pandemic of the unvaccinated', says EU chief Ursula von der Leyen
Environmental threats are biggest challenge to human rights -UN
The U.N.'s rights chief's remarks come at the opening session of the Sept. 13-Oct.8 session of the Human Rights Council, where climate change themes were expected to be central
Taliban breaking promises including over women, says U.N.
U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet says Afghan women have been progressively excluded from the public sphere since Taliban took power
Greece plans firm hand on Afghan migrants, wants more EU help
The Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan has brought fears of a replay of 2015 when nearly a million Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans fled to Europe by crossing to Greece from Turkey