An Afghan woman, wearing a burqa, visits a hospital in Herat with her child. In early November, agents of the the ministry for the prevention of vice and promotion of virtue fanned out across Herat's ...

The report comes after women were left laying in rubble for hours, waiting for female rescuers following an earthquake. The Taliban has begun enforcing a ban on women entering healthcare facilities ...

In stop-start efforts since November, Taliban officials have cracked down on women and girls in the western city of Herat who have been ignoring the hardline group's rules by showing their faces.