Oliver Koth-Kappus, co-founder of Kasama Chocolate in Vancouver, likens making bean-to-bar chocolate from cacao beans to distilling whisky from grains. A chocolatier, on the other hand, is like a ...

Zalmay Khalilzad, a former U.S. envoy to Kabul who is working on Taliban hostage releases, posted a picture of Faye Hall smiling with Qatar representatives ahead of her departure from Afghanistan on ...

Afghanistan Women's National Team (AWNT) players in exile called on athletes worldwide to stand in solidarity with them as they fight for their right to compete after being excluded from World Cup ...

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Shortly after her release by the Taliban in Afghanistan, American woman Faye Hall celebreated her new found freedom and thanked US President Donald Trump for ‘bringing her home’. Hall, along ...

An American woman who had been detained in Afghanistan by the Taliban since February has been released and is in “good health,” according to a source with knowledge of the release. Faye Hall ...

As It Happens5:59Former Afghan women's soccer captain fights for team's chance to compete in World Cup Khalida Popal, the former captain of Afghanistan's national women's football team, is making ...

Afghanistan's last female ambassador, Manizha Bakhtari, continues her fight against Taliban from Austria, advocating for women's rights and leading resistance. A day before Kabul fell to the ...

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The Taliban reportedly detained at least two members of the LGBT+ community in Afghanistan after finding out that they were on their way to Iran. Maryam Ravish, 19, and Maeve Alcina Pieescu, 23, a ...