I managed to dash in and hide my laptop under my chador before he stepped into the courtyard, with the...

A young Afghan woman has been arrested by the Taliban’s morality police while secretly training girls in taekwondo.

A female journalist has been detained by Taliban intelligence forces in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, sources close to...

Ziba Balkhi When Medina’s sister went into labour in November, her family took her to the main provincial hospital in...

Appearing on stage at the opening of his exhibition wearing a burqa, he declared: “Wherever a woman’s body is controlled,...

By Ziba Balkhi Abeda worked as a teacher in Afghanistan’s Balkh province for more than a decade before the Taliban...

The shrine, a large complex containing a historic mosque and a cemetery, is a significant site for Afghanistan’s Shia community,...

The words of Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford at an event organised by Rukhshana Media in the UK parliament...

As the world marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women this week, I spoke with the UN...

Laila with three children to bring up alone, she found work cooking and cleaning – until that, too, was taken...