The customary sexual - and not only - abuse of young boys in Afghanistan - Children as young as 10 years old are dressed in women's clothes and turned into sex slaves for the country's elite ...

What started as a modest enterprise producing handwoven scarves and hats has since grown into a thriving design business for traditional Afghan clothing and hijabs. What makes her business ...

The BBC spends the day with women across Afghanistan to understand what their lives look like under the Taliban government.

As a Greek woman in Afghanistan, I decided to live among ordinary Afghans to get a feel about their lives, worries and dreams ...

Women in Tajikistan are being advised by the government to dress more "Tajik-style" and not wear either revealing Western ...

clothing, medical aid and more than 30 tons of social support items to UNODC, Kabul. Underlining India’s historic relationship with the people of Afghanistan, Harish stressed Delhi’s ...

Afghanistan’s tragedy is not new ... The men, in tattered clothes with unkempt beards and wild hair, resembled ghosts from a forgotten war. For the timid, shy girl I once was, the crush of ...

Meanwhile, hundreds of stranded Afghan nationals ... where a local youth organisation provided them with food and warm clothes. The cause of gun battle could not be ascertained so far as security ...

The Afghan migrant who plowed his car into a demonstration ... media accounts where he flexed his muscles, wore designer clothing and drove fast sports cars. He’s believed to have acted alone ...

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons ...

“Today, four women who were busy washing clothes were swept away by floodwaters ... Among the poorest countries in the world after decades of war, Afghanistan is particularly exposed to ...