Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afghan women wearing chadors in Herat (Mohsen KARIMI) Afghan men held a rare rally Tuesday in the western city of Herat over new ...

Women in Afghanistan say they are being put through “hell” in a new crackdown by the Taliban on what they can wear, with rare protests on the streets met by ruthless force from the de facto regime. A ...

Women in Afghanistan say they are being put through "hell" in a new crackdown by the Taliban on what they can wear, with rare protests on the streets met by ruthless force from the de facto regime. A ...

Dozens of men on Tuesday took to the streets of the western Afghan city of Herat to protest the multiple arrests of women in recent days. The women were detained by the morality police for not ...

Afghan authorities cracked down on a protest in western Afghanistan Tuesday against the arrest and detention of more than a dozen women over dress code violations, with eyewitnesses saying police ...

Residents in the western Afghan city of Herat told the AFP news agency they had witnessed several women detained by the Taliban government's morality police, in a crackdown over clothing which has ...

The demonstration, in the western city of Herat, was broken up after police are alleged to have opened fire.

The protest followed the arrests of dozens of women for alleged dress code violation in the Afghan city of Herat.

Taliban officials are stopping Afghan women in markets and on the streets for not wearing gloves, socks and veils to fully cover up their bodies – and shooting protesters who object. Arpan Rai reports ...