Tiernan’s guests on Saturday included comedian Suzzie Eddie Izzard, Afghan dentist Dr Manizha Khan and Cork artist Michael ...

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity ...

In Afghanistan, women are being erased by design. They have been cast out of schools, out of universities, medical colleges, ...

As women’s right continue to be crushed by the Taliban, a series of solidarity events will be held in Belfast with a theme of ...

As the world’s focus has shifted to other regions and conflicts — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war — the ...

On a wintry night in Damascus, hundreds of people packed into a courtyard in the Old City, dancing and singing during a ...

Since the Taliban took power in 2021 and imposed their strict version of Islamic law ... a palatial white-and-gold hall that ...

Boycott would kill off ‘one of the few things that brings happiness’; Plus, ICC told to ‘wake up’ to Afghan women’s plight ...

“The Taliban don’t seem to understand what music truly represents or its role in society,” he said. “They claim that music is haram (“forbidden”) in Islam, without considering its broader meaning and ...

Under the pretext of Islamic ... ICC warrants against the senior Taliban figures would put the group's "systematic exclusion of women and girls from public life and targeting of LGBT people ...