Afghan women tell the BBC their lives are unrecognisable after five years of Taliban rule

Afghans mark five years of Taliban rule

Afghans have gathered in Kabul to mark five years since the Taliban returned to power.

Aug 15, 2026

UN urges support for Afghan women’s aid five years into Taliban rule

More than half of women’s organisations operating in Afghanistan could cease operations within next year: UN Women.

Aug 15, 2026

Afghan women tell the BBC their lives are unrecognisable after five years of Taliban rule

Women across the country speak of public floggings, losing their jobs, and barriers to healthcare that endanger lives.

Aug 14, 2026

Afghan Women ‘Erased’ by Taliban Five Years After Biden’s Pullout Disaster

The United Nations agency for women’s rights observed the fifth anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan by noting that women have been “systematically stripped of their rights” and effectively “erased from public life” by the Islamist regime. The post Afghan Women ‘Erased’ by Taliban Five Years After Biden’s Pullout Disaster appeared first on Breitbart .

Aug 13, 2026