Behnaz Saljuqi, head of the chamber in Herat, said that after the closure of schools above sixth grade and universities to girls and women, as well as the return of thousands of Afghan refugees, the ...

KABUL (Reuters) -In a dim home used as a small business in Afghanistan, women bent over bright cloth use needles to form ...

Forced back from Iran and Pakistan, thousands of Afghan families are searching for homes they can no longer afford. With ...

The Taliban should end the arbitrary detention, torture, and other ill-treatment of journalists, discriminatory restrictions ...

“In the 2023 Herat earthquake, nearly six out of 10 of those who lost their lives were women, and nearly two-thirds of those injured were women,” Ferguson added. In October 2023, three consecutive ...

The Taliban responded with contradictory stances in the effort to rescue women and girls who were wounded and left homeless.

In Afghanistan today, many women still lack access to even a basic phone or reliable Internet connection, while others face barriers of literacy, affordability, and surveillance.

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 ...

Following the Taliban resurgence in 2021, Afghanistan has witnessed an unexpected boom in tourism - but is it really wise to ...