At hospitals, at seminaries and on buses, the Taliban is stepping up enforcement of rules on women's dress in the city of ...

The Taliban has quietly enacted a new penal code that allows husbands to physically punish their wives and children as long as it doesn't cause broken bones or open wounds. The Rawadari human rights ...

Women are treated in the new penal code as being on the same level as "slaves", with provisions allowing either "slave masters" or husbands to administer discretionary punishment, including beatings, ...

The Taliban has passed a law that allows men to beat their wives as long as it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds”.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have introduced a sweeping new penal code that rights groups warn effectively legalises domestic ...

THE Taliban has legalised domestic violence in Afghanistan in a terrifying new assault on women’s rights. Signed off by ...

Mujahid clarified that the Taliban would show sympathy and possibly cooperate with Iran if requested, but the group is not ...

Pakistan’s Information Ministry says the military carried out strikes along the border with neighboring Afghanistan, targeting hideouts of Pakistani militants it blames for recent attacks inside the ...

Their reactions come after the Taliban formalised a new 90-page penal code, signed by its supreme leader Hibatullah ...

Swara Bhasker strongly criticised the Taliban after a new law in Afghanistan allegedly permitted domestic violence under certain conditions.

New legal code formalises domestic violence within limits, embeds class-based justice system and replaces protections under the 2009 EVAW law ...

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Tuesday it had released three ...