A protest in Herat, Afghanistan against women's arrests led to violence, resulting in at least one death, as reported by the UN. Eyewitnesses described Taliban police opening fire on demonstrators.
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers deny shooting at protesters and claim no women or girls have been arrested because they're all following strict dress code rules.
The United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over what it says are arrests and detentions of women in western Afghanistan for allegedly not adhering to regulations governing how ...
A violent crackdown on a protest in western Afghanistan against the arrests of women for allegedly violating dress code regulations has killed at least one person, the United Nations’ mission in ...
A violent crackdown on a protest in western Afghanistan against the arrests of women for allegedly violating dress code regulations has left at least one person dead, the United Nations’ mission in ...
The protest followed the arrests of dozens of women for alleged dress code violation in the Afghan city of Herat.
The Taliban are tightening the screws on women's clothing, shooting at protesters and ordering even their own officials to stop using smartphones. Behind the regime's omnipresent control, there are ...
A crackdown by Afghan authorities on a protest against the arrest and detention of more than a dozen women over dress code violations reportedly injured at least three people Tuesday. Subscribe to ...
The United Nations say that a violent crackdown on a protest in western Afghanistan has left at least one person dead Wednesday 10 June 2026 17:19 BST From reproductive rights to climate change to Big ...