Girls in Afghanistan turn to religious schools for learning after being banned from formal education beyond sixth grade, according ...

People should be upset about Israel's actions in Gaza, but also about Iran's expulsion of millions of Afghan refugees.

Earlier this year, Iran ordered Afghans living illegally in the country to leave. Since then, the government has labeled them ...

Ibraheem Bahiss, an analyst with Crisis Group’s South Asia program, said Stanikzai had periodically made statements calling girls’ education a right of all Afghan women.

In 2023, her daughter finished grade six, and that marked the end of her education. She wasn’t able to study in grade seven, as secondary schools are banned for girls in Afghanistan.

By Clarisse Sih and Bibbi Abruzzini Today, for millions of young women and girls in Afghanistan, education is not just a right — it is an act of defiance. Since the Taliban regained control in 2021, ...

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...

This exacerbates Afghanistan's economic crisis, which was already dire. According to the International Labour Organization, female employment in Afghanistan fell by 25% in 2022.

Taliban bans women from singing or reading out loud in public A senior Taliban figure has urged the group's leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for ...

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke of government policy. Sher ...

By mid-2022, the space for women and girls had shrunk even further, and women and girls in Afghanistan were taking to the streets chanting: Nan, Kar, Azadi! (Bread, Work, Freedom!). Meanwhile, more ...