The August 15, 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan devastated the lives of millions of Afghans. But the rights and freedoms ...

When the Taliban retook the country in 2021, Canada promised its national team visas—tickets to safety. Years later, players ...

Western nations should evacuate Afghan policewomen who faced sexual abuse, HRW says - Afghan women serving in police were ...

"A cat may go sit on her front stoop and feel the sun on her face," she added. "She may chase a squirrel into the park. A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan today because the public ...

The Iran Human Rights Organization has reported the execution of eight prisoners, including two Afghan citizens, at Ghezel ...

Hardline Taliban authorities in Afghanistan reported Wednesday that nine people, including at least two women, were publicly ... them receiving 39 lashes and prison sentences ranging from two ...

In 2008, when I was appointed mayor of the Daykundi province in Afghanistan, the national and international media rushed to interview me. I was not only the first female mayor in the history of ...

Recent headlines brought a glimmer of hope to the women and girls whose lives under the Taliban have essentially been reduced to prison terms: Canada, Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands ...

An Afghan national allowed into the US during the Harris-Biden administration’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan was ...

FRANCE 24 spoke to Marzieh Hamidi, a former taekwondo champion for Afghanistan who has been a refugee in France since 2021, when the Taliban returned to power. In late August of this year, she ...

In Afghanistan, they are erasing women. The Taliban are obliterating them from view. Silencing their voices and denying them ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has arrested an Afghan man who officials say was inspired by the Islamic State militant ...