Afghanistan has been cloaked in "darkness" since the return of the Taliban government three and a half years ago, but the country's former women's affairs minister insists the problem "can be solved".

In this 2020 video, meet Shaesta Waiz, the first civilian-certified woman pilot from Afghanistan. Shaesta discovered her passion for aviation despite minimal exposure growing up. She pursued her dream ...

As expected, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday seeking to bar trans girls and women from competing in women’s sports. In the signing ceremony, timed to coincide with ...

Banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Chief Mullah Fazlullah has been killed in a US drone attack in Kunar province of Afghanistan. Spokesman for Afghan Ministry of Defence Mohammad Radmanish and a ...

“We are being unjust to 20 million people,” referring to nearly half of the Afghanistan population of girls and women. His public remarks, made at a graduation ceremony in Khost ...

A senior Taliban minister, who publicly condemned the group’s ban on education of girls and women, has reportedly fled Afghanistan amid fears of arrest. Sher Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban’s ...

Although Afghan women and girls have made strides in education, the economy, health care, politics, and broader civil society since the 2001 U.S.-led intervention, these advances remain fragile.

Afghan women and girls have been banned from receiving an ... Laghman, Nuristan and Kunar, and split her time between studying and working. Her friends enrolled as a last resort, hoping to work ...

Cricket Australia has chosen not to play bilateral matches against Afghanistan, citing the Taliban’s human rights restrictions for women and girls since returning to power. But boycotts often ...

Limited time offer. With the Taliban closing in on Kabul, the national women’s football team had already fled Afghanistan, so Ugra implored Jones to touch base with cricketer Benafsha Hashimi to ...

As a member of the Afghan military's Female Tactical Platoon, Farida Mohammadi served alongside U.S. Army soldiers seeking out the Taliban. Her job was to work with women and children, searching ...

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