Tired of burkas that cover the face, urban women under the Taliban's 'gender apartheid' have adopted the abaya robe favoured in Gulf nations Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching ...

MAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan -- The lilt of a girl singing of homecoming blends pleasantly with a cacophony of different melodies from keyboard, guitar and drums in a music school in northern ...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Afghanistan): Beneath a blue burqa which glides through the shadow of the Hazrat Ali shrine, a pair of feet with delicately painted nails makes its way towards the gardens where some ...