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The protest followed the arrests of dozens of women for alleged dress code violation in the Afghan city of Herat.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: 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 » Security: 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 ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: West Afghanistan female dress-code crackdown hits businesses
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 » Security: Protesters injured during demonstration against Taliban-imposed dress code for women
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 ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: Afghans scrap protest plans as Herat city under tight security
Afghans scrapped protest plans in Herat on Friday as heavily armed security forces were deployed in the city, after an earlier rally against tightening restrictions on women was violently dispersed.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: Afghans abandon Herat protest as security forces flood city
Afghans scrapped protest plans in Herat on June 12 as heavily armed security forces were deployed in the city, after an earlier rally against tightening restrictions on women was violently dispersed.
News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: 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 » Security: U.N. says at least 1 killed in crackdown on protests against the arrest of women in Afghanistan
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 ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Security: 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 ...