Even before the Taliban, women’s sports were opposed by many in Afghanistan’s deeply conservative society, seen as a violation of women’s modesty and of their role in society. Still ...

The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only women’s radio station after raiding its premises on Tuesday, ...

five months before the Taliban seized power amid the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops. The station’s content is produced entirely by Afghan women. Its sister satellite channel ...

It will bring together 21 female players who were formerly contracted by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) before the ...

The Afghanistan Cricket Board made a significant stride in November 2020 when it handed 25 promising women cricketers ...

Afghanistan's Taliban authorities raided ... International Women's Day, 2021, five months before the Taliban swept to power, ousting the US-backed government and implementing a strict ...

Radio Begum, a broadcast station based in Kabul, launched five months before the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, confirmed the raid and said the Taliban’s officials from the ...

five months before the Taliban seized power amid the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops. The station’s content is produced entirely by Afghan women. Its sister satellite channel ...

Hundreds of women athletes fled Afghanistan as the Taliban took over in August 2021 ... women cricketers professional contracts. But before this fledgling squad had a chance to play together ...

The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only women’s radio ... condemned the suspension and demanded its immediate reversal. Before Tuesday’s ban, Radio Begum broadcast six ...