In exchange for “marrying” Shafiqa, the 46-year-old man offered her family some tracts of land totaling almost three acres.

Both events have broken Nazanin in different ways and left her in shock. But she’s emerged with a determination to...

It was a normal summer morning in July last year when 19-year-old Samira* made her way to the carpet-weaving shop...

Hatred and abuse of women in Afghanistan has taken on new life and dimensions with the Taliban takeover of the...

The Taliban have whipped seven people, including three women, in Ghazni, Kapisa, and Paktia provinces on Wednesday, according to the...

In the cold morning air of Herat, a young woman sits behind the wheel learning to drive on the quiet,...

The Taliban has prohibited female artisans from participating in a handicraft exhibition in Kandahar, with male relatives attending in their...

Shaima Rastagar thought she had found her life’s calling when she began teaching computer science to university students. The 26-year-old...

The letter dated December 26 mandates that all local and international NGOs cease hiring women and take immediate steps to...

The Taliban's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada has issued an order banning the construction of windows in residential buildings that overlook...