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HERAT, Afghanistan — Businesses in Afghanistan’s western city of Herat have suffered from a downturn in female customers opting to stay home following a recent crackdown by morality police on women’s ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: Two dead as Taliban opens fire at protest after women arrested for dress code violations
The protest followed the arrests of dozens of women for alleged dress code violation in the Afghan city of Herat.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: Inside Herat, Where a Taliban Campaign Targets a Cosmopolitan Outpost
Afghanistan’s leader has exerted full control over a city that once enjoyed looser social norms, even under Taliban rule.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: Women detained in Afghanistan's Herat in clothing crackdown, eyewitnesses say
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 ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: UN experts condemn crackdown on women by Afghan morality police
A group of UN experts on Thursday denounced a crackdown on women in Afghanistan's western city of Herat, saying at least two people had been killed during a protest against the restrictions.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: Taliban says 'no oppression' of Afghan women after dress crackdown
Afghanistan's minister in charge of vice and virtue defended on Monday the crackdown on women's dress code in the western city of Herat, saying it protected "dignity" and dismissing criticism as ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: 'Nothing Left' For Herat Shopkeepers After Taliban Bans Music, Foreign Films, Video Games
Twenty-eight-year-old Humayun invested his entire savings of $10,000 to open his own arcade in the western Afghan city of Herat nearly four years ago. The investment initially paid off as the powerful ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: ‘We are left with nothing’: Survivors of Afghanistan earthquake tell of trauma and heartbreak
Zaher walks calmly across what used to be his village, now reduced to piles of rubble. Standing on top of a mound of sand, he locates his home – or rather, what little is left of it. “We used to live ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: Women detained in Afghanistan's Herat in clothing crackdown, eyewitnesses say
Women nationwide must be completely covered when they leave home, with many wearing a flowing abaya robe along with a Muslim headscarf and a face covering. View on euronews ...