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 ...

Twenty-five years ago an Afghan girl with green eyes haunted the cover ... He first collected women's landays in his native Kunar River Valley. Majrouh, a humanist, found glory in these cries ...

Thieves killed two persons and raped a girl in a house in Taluqan city, capital of Takhar province last night..

Afghanistan’s female robotics team, the Afghan Dreamers, gained international recognition for winning a silver medal at the 2017 FIRST Global Challenge.

The Taliban did not immediately comment on Pakistani assertions that they would let Afghan girls pursue higher education in the neighboring country. Pakistan offers fully funded scholarships to ...

Her identity is withheld for security reasons Feb 7 2025 (IPS) - Since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021, girls and women have been systematically banned from education, making ...

She was 20 years old, dreaming of a fulfilled life. The smart, ambitious young woman was among 20 Afghan women and girls enrolled in a secret school, seeking knowledge and a future. But the Taliban ...

Karim Khan said that a crime against humanity was being committed by top officials against “Afghan women and girls, as well as the LGBTQI+ community.” By Marlise Simons The chief prosecutor of ...

She was 20 years old, dreaming of a fulfilled life. The smart, ambitious young woman was among 20 Afghan women and girls enrolled in a secret school, seeking knowledge and a future. But the ...

Akhundzada seldom leaves his office in Kandahar and rules impoverished Afghanistan from there through numerous decrees he has issued over the past three years. He has barred girls from attending ...

Also Friday, the U.N. mission in Afghanistan said it was a “tragedy and travesty” that girls remain deprived of education. “It has been 1,225 days — soon to be four years — since ...

Following a deadly ambush on a Pakistan convoy bringing supplies to Kurram, a region bordering Afghanistan, social media ...