A viral Instagram trend featuring an "Afghan makeup transition" ending with a woman wearing a burqa is drawing attention to ...

The protest followed the arrests of dozens of women for alleged dress code violation in the Afghan city of Herat.

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women.

Women in the western Afghan city of Herat say they're being told by Taliban officials that they must wear a burqa to access the main hospital. Doctors Without Borders is reporting a 28 percent drop in ...

'I saw two employees - one was carrying a whip - putting two women who were not wearing burkas into a vehicle' Afghan residents in the western city of Herat have told of witnessing multiple women ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afghan women and children wait for their turn to see a doctor at Yaka Dokan health clinic run by nonprofit organization World ...