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.

Bavaria's state criminal police office said the young girl and her mother, a 37-year-old woman from Munich, died of their ...

Today the iconic image of Afghanistan is again a young woman—Bibi Aisha, whose husband slashed off her nose and ears as punishment for running away from him and his family. Aisha fled to escape ...

It is one of the few places in Afghanistan where women like her can work since the Taliban came back into power in 2021. "When I worked in a beauty salon, it was good," she said. "The pay was good.

A tragic car-ramming incident in Munich has claimed the lives of a 37-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter. At least 39 ...