One of the few officials in Afghanistan ’s Taliban government to support reversing the ban on girls’ education appears to ...

The first match by the Afghan women’s cricket team is placing the Taliban under additional diplomatic pressure.

When the Taliban re-took control of Afghanistan in 2021, women were completely banned from playing sports. Many female athletes fled the country, fearing for their lives. Twenty-one cricket players ...

The Stringer,' a controversial new Sundance documentary about the origins of the 'napalm girl' photo, is sparking controversy ...

Azadeh Navai’s short film follows a rebellious girl who asks questions about when and why she needs to wear a hijab.

An Afghan women’s cricket team is set to play its first match in years. It could put pressure on the International Cricket ...

HOLD FOR RELEASE AT 0200 GMT** Afghan women cricketers Nahida Sapan, left, and Firooza Amiri speak to reporters at Junction ...

Since they took back control of the country in 2021 ... “It is a travesty and tragedy that millions of Afghan girls have been stripped of their right to education.” Afghanistan is the only ...

A caseworker for a company that assists refugees was in surgery Wednesday after a Afghan refugee allegedly stabbed him multiple times, authorities in Oakland County said. Deputies in Orion ...

In a statement, Mr Khan said the two men were "criminally responsible for persecuting Afghan girls and women, as well as persons whom the Taliban perceived as not conforming with their ideological ...

(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File) Girls attend ... warrants for two top Afghan Taliban officials over the repression of women. The Taliban have barred women from jobs, most public spaces and education ...

Since they took back ... ban that prevents girls above the age of 12 from attending school,” said the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva. “It is a travesty ...