From underground hair salons to selling makeup and jewelry online, a report by The Washington Post details the daily struggles that women in Afghanistan face.

With schools shut to girls beyond primary level, many in Afghanistan are turning to madrassas for religious education, as ...

As salons are banned and jobs vanish, Afghan women find precarious ways to survive under strict Taliban mandates.

In a country scarred by four decades of war, women are the only or primary breadwinners for many families — and many are now ...

Nearly four years after the Taliban reconquered Afghanistan, numerous countries have diplomatically engaged with the Islamic ...

In a dramatic shift with far-reaching geopolitical implications, Russia has become the first major world power to formally ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Monday over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse their worsening oppression of women and girls and ...

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants against Taliban leaders it holds criminally responsible for the ...

Although the Taliban initially promised a more moderate rule than during their first stint in power from 1996 to 2001, it started to enforce restrictions on women and girls soon after the 2021 ...

In a landmark move for global gender justice, systemic persecution of Afghan women under Taliban rule is now formally ...

The couple were taken from their home in Afghanistan on Feb. 1, and were being held in a maximum security prison.

Russia becomes first to recognize Taliban as Afghanistan’s government 00:24. Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban's government in Afghanistan since it seized ...