Most of us know or have heard about how badly women are treated in Afghanistan. Schools and jobs are not open to them, especially in culturally-conservative rural areas. So when they see American ...

After Afghanistan's deadly earthquake, injured women and girls face a dire lack of medical care. Taliban restrictions and cultural barriers leave many without help.One of Afghanistan's worst ...

Amidst the ancient artefacts of Afghanistan's National Museum, a seemingly ordinary tour group stood out for one extraordinary reason: every member, including their guide, was a woman. This all-female ...

In Afghanistan, women have become subjected to institutionalized gender apartheid. Since the return of the Taliban to power in August 2021, Afghan women have been confined to their homes and erased ...

An Afghan women’s radio station will resume broadcasts after the Taliban lifted their suspension over alleged cooperation with an overseas TV channel. Radio Begum launched on International Women’s Day ...

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council told Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Monday that peace and prosperity are “unattainable” until they reverse their bans on women and girls getting an education, ...

It has some of the world's most severe restrictions on women but that isn't stopping all-female tourist groups from visiting to see Afghanistan for themselves. Despite its "appalling human rights ...

The dominant narrative on women in Afghanistan, one that appears fairly regularly in international media, is a story of restrictions, denial, and loss of rights. Under the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate, ...

An Afghan radio station produced entirely by Afghan women will resume broadcasts after the Taliban lifted a suspension that was imposed over alleged cooperation with a foreign country's TV channel.

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has killed over 1,400 people and injured thousands, with women facing severe challenges due to Taliban restrictions. Women are banned from being ...

Afghan rights groups have applauded the International Criminal Court's announcement that it is seeking arrest warrants for two top Taliban officials for allegedly persecuting Afghan women and girls, ...