There are moments in everyone's life when it feels as though everything has come to an end—overwhelmed by pressure, stress, ...

Defaced and vandalized posters of women across Kabul highlight concerns by Afghan women that the new Taliban regime will mimic the old one.

In the latest of our Letters from Afghan Women, a young woman opens up about keeping hope alive despite threats to her life ...

In 2025, Afghan women and girls faced widespread exclusion from education and work, worsening poverty, limiting economic ...

The Year 2025 proved to be an extremely painful year for women in Afghanistan. Under the Afghan Taliban regime, Afghan women ...

Sadia Bromand fled Afghanistan six years ago. With the Taliban having returned to power, the boxer continues to fight for women's rights in her homeland – from Germany's capital. Even before the ...

LGBTQ+ activists Maeve Alcina Pieescu and Maryam Ravish were arrested by the Taliban last month while trying to flee Afghanistan. According to the U.K.-based human rights non-profit the Peter Tatchell ...

The activist read aloud a letter from a 15-year-old Afghan girl. The United States must do more to support Afghan women and girls and their right to education and work, human rights activist Malala ...

FIFA is facing fresh calls to officially recognise the Afghanistan women’s football team. Members of the national side, as quoted in a report published by the Sport & Rights Alliance (SRA) on Tuesday, ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — They wandered through the museum, listening attentively as their guide explained the antiquities in display cabinets. It could have been any tour group, anywhere in the world ...

“They are expected to be tortured to reveal the names of other LGBTs," the CEO of Afghan LGBT+ network Roshaniya said. LGBTQ+ activists Maeve Alcina Pieescu and Maryam Ravish were arrested by the ...