•Peter Reynolds and his wife Barbara An elderly British couple detained in Afghanistan for almost eight months were released today, the Taliban authorities said, after pressure built to free the pair due to fears over their health. Taliban officials have refused to detail why Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbara, 76, were arrested in [&hel...
•Players from both teams pose for a photo with Australian Governor-General Sam Mostyn (C) during the cricket match between Afghanistan Women’s XI and Cricket Without Borders XI today Afghanistan’s women cricketers today played their first game since fleeing the Taliban three years ago, a charity match in Australia that captain Nahida Sapan ho...
•Afghan ladies UN human rights chief Volker Turk today said Afghanistan’s governing Taliban authorities must reverse their ban on Afghan women working for NGOs. Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, women have been progressively erased from public spaces, prompting the United Nations to denounce the “gender apartheid” the adminis...
•Afghan female students studying health studies walk along a street in Kabul yesterday Senior employees at several institutions offering nursing and midwifery courses in Afghanistan yesterday said women would be barred from classes, following an edict by the Taliban supreme leader. Health officials met with directors of education institutes on...

