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 ...

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says that from the start of 2025 to the end of June, more than one million women ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Instead of annulling the marriage, Taliban officials ruled that the groom cannot live with his child bride until she reaches the age of nine, an age accepted by some ultra-conservative interpretations ...

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 ...