Afghanistan's minister in charge of vice and virtue defended on Monday the crackdown on women's dress code in the western ...

“We urge the United Nations to bring Afghan women to the negotiating table, to be their own advocates and create their own destiny, before it is too late.” March marked the fourth year that Afghan ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One after the other, the opportunities vanished. Like so many other Afghan women, Sodaba could do little but watch as her country’s new Taliban government imposed a ...

Where is one of worst places to be a woman? Afghanistan. That’s what most people think when it comes to the topic of the women’s rights crisis under the ruling Taliban in Afghanistan. But this only ...

Human Rights Watch on Friday warned of the deteriorating economic state in Afghanistan.  Millions of citizens are at risk of suffering from severe hunger due to a sharp decline in international aid ...

The Taliban issued a message on International Women’s Day, saying Afghan women live in security with their rights protected, even as the U.N. condemned ongoing employment and education bans. Since the ...

Pakistan says it targeted militant hideouts along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in response to militant attacks across Pakistan. Afghanistan condemned the strikes as acts of aggression.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — With determination, courage and lots of support, refugee players who form the Afghan women’s soccer team are getting another chance to advance their international careers, ...