Meeting on the heels of the Taliban's new directive prohibiting women and girls from attending public and private medical ...

The United Nations warned Thursday that the Taliban's decision to prohibit female students from pursuing medical training is ...

The resolution also extends the mandate of the UN expert team monitoring sanctions against the Taliban for 14 months.

U.N. special envoy for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, told the council this week that women and girls are “facing progressive erasure from almost all walks of life.” She said the Taliban ...

The Taliban’s continued imposition of strict interpretations of Islamic law and Afghan culture has resulted in unprecedented ...

The U.N. Security Council has expressed “deep concern” at the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women ...