Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, in their latest trampling of women's rights, have ordered the closure of beauty salons across the nation, eliminating one of the last means Afghan women had of ...

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have rounded up dozens of women in an apparent crackdown on perceived violations of the group's strict dress code. Dozens of women and girls were detained briefly last ...

Afghanistan remains within the top of Watchlist for 2023 – dropping from number one not because of an improvement in conditions, but because of the severity of the situation in East Africa. Here’s ...

The end of the war in Afghanistan created a new refugee crisis. Thousands are still waiting for a chance to come to the United States. Abdul Wajed Ahadi, 31, is a pilot who conducted thousands of ...

The top U.S. general in Afghanistan during the American military’s 2021 withdrawal repeatedly warned Washington that security would get “very bad, very fast” after troops departed ...

The US and other governments and the World Bank Group revoked the credentials of the Central Bank of Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover on August 15, 2021. The US air strike on July 30 ...

Ms. Rezayee, one of Afghanistan’s first two female Olympians, is the founder and executive director of Women Leaders of Tomorrow, a nonprofit to empower Afghan women and girls through education ...

You can get in touch with Katherine by emailing k.fung@newsweek.com. Languages: English The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan left a stain on President Joe Biden's reputation from which he never ...

NAHRIN, Afghanistan — On weekdays, when most kids around the world are at school, 12-year-old Mansour is in the middle of a grueling shift at the coal mines. Deep inside a tunnel carved into the ...

WASHINGTON — The Biden and Trump administrations did not sufficiently plan for "worst-case scenarios" ahead of the U.S. withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in summer 2021, according to a State ...