Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban’s oppression of women. Since Taliban’s return ...

Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as well -- sometimes a medical mask, or a Saudi-style cloth niqab veil that exposes only the eyes. "The new ...

Amiri wasn’t the only one. Every Afghan woman, including cricketers and footballers, were going through a similar situation. From Amiri to Nahida Sapan to Benafsha Hashimi to every sportswoman ...

Many prefer a flowing abaya robe, worn with a hijab headscarf and often a face covering as well -- sometimes a medical mask, or a Saudi-style cloth niqab veil that exposes only the eyes.

Younger Afghan women are increasingly ditching the burqa ... or a Saudi-style cloth niqab veil that exposes only the eyes. Tahmina Adel, 23, said in the capital Kabul: The new generation would never ...

Twenty-five years ago an Afghan girl with green eyes haunted the cover of National ... Today the iconic image of Afghanistan is again a young woman—Bibi Aisha, whose husband slashed off her ...