The Taliban's new 119-article penal code, De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama, legalises wife-beating and creates a four-tier caste ...

The Taliban’s newly reported criminal code in Afghanistan treats women as “slaves,” permits limited domestic violence, ...

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

The Taliban has formalised some of its most hardline policies through a newly introduced 90-page criminal code, raising ...

Afghanistan's Taliban government said on Tuesday it had released three Pakistani soldiers captured during border clashes in ...

The new rules make it difficult for women to secure justice. A woman must prove the abuse in court, which includes showing her injuries to a judge while remaining fully covered. She must also be ...

Taliban government: The new penal code legalises domestic violence against women by husbands until their bones are not broken and wounds are not open.

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

The criminal code is reportedly called De Mahakumu Jazaai Osulnama and was distributed across courts in Afghanistan.

Banned from education, a clandestine reading circle meets every week to pour over novels by Abbas Maroufi, Zoya Pirzad and Ernest Hemingway ...

Nearly five years after reclaiming power, the Taliban has introduced a sweeping 90-page penal code that is drawing intense criticism from rights advocates worldwide. Signed by the group’s supreme ...

Women seeking justice must present physical evidence of harm before a judge while remaining fully covered, and are required to be accompanied by their husband or a male guardian.