Overnight, Afghan women were driven out of classrooms, forced out of workplaces, and robbed of even the smallest freedoms. My colleague Marzia* – once a fearless project manager running ...

They have gradually erased Afghan women from public space, imposing what the United Nations has called a "gender apartheid". They outlawed the loose headscarves commonly worn by urban women.

Afghan police have rescued a child from kidnappers' clutch in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul and arrested three kidnappers, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said.

Founded by a college student, Project Tawwaqo serves to empower Delhi's Afghan refugees while preserving their culture.

But with recent funding cuts under U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, she worries other Afghan women like her won't have the same chance to get a formal education. She says having ...

"It doesn't even have to be Afghan girls. For me, it is about representing women who don't have access and a voice. "I want to inspire, but also show the ones in power that if someone is given a ...

Afghan women’s rights activists are facing deportation from Pakistan, along with hundreds of thousands of Afghans living there. The activists risk imprisonment or death if they return to life ...