The Taliban has imposed a strict interpretation of Islam in Afghanistan, with women subjected to laws characterised by the UN as 'gender apartheid' Taliban authorities were told women must be included in public life,
Law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan are reporting for JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding the name of our
The United Nations held a new round of talks on bringing Afghanistan into the international fold. For the first time, the Taliban participated -- but women's rights advocates were not invited.
Two American prisoners were being held in custody in Afghanistan, a Taliban government spokesman said Wednesday, and an "exchange" for Afghans held in Guantanamo Bay had been discussed with the United States.
Two days of UN-organized talks on the situation in Afghanistan began in Doha on Sunday, marking the first time the Taliban was present. Human rights activists expressed anger and concern over the
Making concessions to Taliban authorities by excluding civil society groups from UN-hosted talks was a price worth paying for further engagement, the EU's special envoy to Afghanistan said Tuesday.