Afghan players fled the country in 2021 after the Taliban banned women's sports. Their return to international competition ...

Manoozh Noori said she "wanted to die" when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. Noori had defied family ...

Afghanistan is facing a near-total digital blackout as the Taliban cut both wired and mobile internet services nationwide. The shutdown, aimed at stopping ‘immoral activities’, has disrupted ...

Some four years after players from the Afghanistan women’s national team fled their homeland amid the Taliban’s takeover, a ...

Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

The Taliban’s enforcement of Sharia rule in Afghanistan has been the main roadblock to their international recognition. Their restrictions on women and girls and freedom of expression have drawn ...

ZURICH (AP) — The Afghanistan national women’s soccer team of refugee players has its first official games next month at a four-team tournament in Dubai, FIFA said Wednesday. The FIFA-supported team — ...

A tournament that included a team of refugee women’s soccer players from Afghanistan has been moved to Morocco and shifted to ...

Afghanistan's female footballers were forced to flee to all parts of the globe after the return of the Taliban. After four ...

After Afghanistan's women's team were denied entry to the UAE for a tournament, Morocco has stepped in as hosts. The team, ...

Survivors of a powerful earthquake in northern Afghanistan are digging through the rubble of their homes after spending a bitterly cold night outdoors ...

Survivors of a powerful earthquake in northern Afghanistan that killed more than 20 people and injured hundreds were digging ...