A 45-year-old man who married a six-year-old girl shocked the Taliban with his abhorrent wedding ceremony, with the militant ...

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...

Afghan women fear for their safety under Taliban rule 01:55. Herat, Afghanistan — Defiant Afghan women held a rare protest on Thursday saying they were willing to accept the burqa if their ...

The Taliban-led government has shut down almost all women's shelters — the last safe places for victims of domestic violence ...

Since the Taliban took Kabul on August 15, scores of Afghan women and rights activists have taken to the city's streets several times, demanding their rights and inclusion in the government.

This tragic incident, occurring well before the Taliban returned to power, serves as a stark reminder that supporting Afghan women’s rights is an enduring battle that transcends mere slogans or ...

Afghan women protest against Taliban rule, as warning shots disperse crowd By . Hollie McKay. ... KABUL, Afghanistan — Shortly before midday Tuesday in Kabul’s Shar-e-Naw district, ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Women in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, ... In elementary and high schools, boys and girls were taught separately, even before the Taliban came to power.

Three years ago, on Aug. 15, 2021, my beloved homeland fell to a takeover by Taliban militants, and with it, the hopes and dreams of millions of Afghan girls and women crumbled.

"Believing in the existence of hope gives you the strength to resist," Turkish writer-director Gözde Kural says about her ...

Radio Begum launched on International Women’s Day in March 2021, five months before the Taliban seized power amid the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops.. The station’s content is ...

The great vanishing of Afghan women is happening again before the eyes of the world, just the way it did in the 1990s when I was a child growing up under the Taliban’s first regime — a girl ...