Afghanistan's female footballers have been fighting in exile to get back to playing internationally for years. Earlier this ...

Afghanistan's International Olympic Committee member Samira Asghari has told AFP that the Taliban authorities must face the stark truth that if they are ever to be accepted internationally they must ...

Khalida Popal told Reuters she was urging female footballers to get rid of their national team uniform to stay safe from the Taliban.

This principle is a wise tactic to use with dictators who refuse to compromise or abandon extreme views- Putin, Xi, Orban, ...

Aided by her mother, Mahtab Amiri, who coordinated her escape, she left the country with Erfaan and was driven to Iran. From ...

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

This dispatch was co-authored by Divyabharthi Baradhan (JURIST Staff, Malaysia) and Sarisha Harikrishna (Queen's University Belfast School of Law, United Kingdom). In a landmark ruling, the ...

Sept 24 (Reuters) - The Afghan women's refugee team will take the field for the first time in an international tournament when they compete in a four-team friendly competition in the United Arab ...

Today, August 15, marks four years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan. It is a somber anniversary for me and for the millions of fellow Afghans whose daily reality is marked by hunger, ...

Millions of Afghans face severe hunger as humanitarian aid cuts deepen the ongoing crisis amid economic and environmental ...

Among Afghans, there is a saying: “A woman can only be defeated by a woman.” In today’s Afghanistan, this expression takes on a painfully literal meaning. With women and girls barred from schools, ...

Taliban restrictions force women deeper into isolation Women aid workers face reduced or no pay without work With no aid, children sold and forced into work or marriage KABUL/NEW DELHI, Jan 26 ...