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

Even before the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, female boxers were rare and viewed with skepticism by broad sections of the country's society. However, this has not prevented ...

Tourism is a fledgling industry in Afghanistan, with annual visitors in the low thousands, but guided package tours are ...

Before the Taliban’s edict in 2022, there was a sense at their home that the ban would take place. Solmas’s father reassured his daughter, saying universities would not close to women.

Reuters revealed that the UAE began deporting Afghan refugees back to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan before Trump promised to ...

The children of an elderly British couple imprisoned in Afghanistan have made an urgent public plea to the ruling Taliban ...

Even before the Taliban stormed their way back into power in Afghanistan, women's shelters faced fierce criticism in the deeply conservative and patriarchal country. Domestic abuse is routine.

Days before President Donald Trump said he would help Afghan evacuees who fled their country and were stuck in the United ...

Girls play in a 2021 chess competition in Mazar-e-Sharif, capital of the northern Balkh province, Afghanistan. Girls and women had been encouraged to learn the game — until the Taliban took ...

Under the Taliban, Afghan women can't go to university or do most jobs. But 22-year-old Zahra Ali has created a business that brings in an income and provides a resource to her neighbors. At her ...

Before the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan, Freshta was one of many prosecutors in Kabul who worked alongside American military officials to prosecute crimes committed by the terrorist group.