A decision to ban girls over the age of 12 from reading poems or singing at public events sparked anger in Afghanistan this week, with literary figures and campaigners saying it marked a backwards ...

President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, Maulana Arshad Madani, on Saturday, claimed that “wherever there is a madrassa in the world, the same things are taught,” and said “what is happening with women in ...