Hair and beauty salons across Afghanistan will close in the coming weeks on the Taliban's orders. Their closure will lead to the loss of an estimated 60,000 jobs. Salons had been allowed to keep ...

The Taliban has also ordered the recent closure of hair and beauty salons across Afghanistan and, in mid-July, banned women from taking entrance exams at national universities. Read also ...

Have you been considering driving from Kabul to Jalalabad in Afghanistan lately? We have some advice for you: Don't do it. Not because you're going to get captured and beheaded by Al Queda or ...

Women in Afghanistan have held a rare protest against the Taliban's decision to shut female beauty parlours and salons. Women shouted "work, bread and justice" while they were gathered in the ...

As the world looks ahead to 2025, a group of young Afghan women brave great personal risk to share their hopes and dreams for ...