The Taliban have imposed severe restrictions on women and banned education beyond primary school since seizing power in ...

In hope of a new life, many fled to Iran to seek refuge and fulfil their aspirations. On such Afghan woman is Habiba. She moved to Iran to pursue a master's degree in engineering in the neighbouring ...

The women’s rights advocate says the international community’s failure to use its leverage is making the Taliban bolder.

For more than a decade, writer Bella Pollen helped her friend support a pioneering school in Afghanistan. When US forces withdrew, that became a life-and-death commitment ...

Afghan women secretly go online for education amid Taliban crackdown - The Taliban is increasingly banning women from the ...

In Kabul’s alleys and courtyards, boys in white caps and tunics recite verses from the Quran in a growing network of ...

The group of foreigners visiting the National Museum of Afghanistan was made up only of women. Its guide was a woman, too — ...