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

Nothing is as it seems' perfectly captures the Afghanistan experience," Turkish filmmaker Gözde Kural says about her second ...

The Taliban have severely restricted the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan since returning to power in August 2021.

Tehran fell dark and silent, except for the sound of explosions. In their houses and apartments, Iranians tried to pass the ...

Since the return of the Taliban in 2021, Afghan women correspondents have documented the struggles and triumphs of their lives under the oppressive regime which strips them of even the most basic ...

Malala Yousafzai tells CNN Sports that she wants more opportunities granted to Afghanistan’s elite female athletes and ...

There's a heartbreaking truth behind an infamous photo taken over 40 years ago, and it will change the way you look at it ...

By plane, motorbike, camper van and even on bicycles, tourists are beginning to discover Afghanistan, with solo travelers and tour groups gradually venturing into a country that until recently was ...

Split by the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s education in Afghanistan, the sisters hoped to reunite in the US. But new ...

Sixteen-year-old Hafsa is one of millions of Afghan girls who were barred from continuing secondary and higher education by the Taliban. Source: Supplied / Java Films "I feel sad.

But for me, and for many other Afghan girls, it is the day when the door to school shuts behind us, maybe forever. My name is Khadija, and I am from Afghanistan. I always dreamed of becoming a doctor.

In Good Girl (Bloomsbury), her debut novel, Afghan writer Aria Aber explores identity, and displacement through Nila’s coming-of-age journey. Shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Aber is ...