Around 800 Nangarhar teachers have lost their jobs since the Taliban banned girls’ education above grade six, according to a...

The Taliban’s ‘morality police’ are regularly inspecting CCTV cameras in women-owned businesses in Herat city to enforce strict hijab requirements,...

The 12-year-old lives in the village of Saltaq Khord Turkmania, an area in Jawzjan province’s Khwaja Du Koh district, where...

She was the sole breadwinner raising her young family, but Gul-e-Badam considered herself lucky – with her government salary and...

At least three women have been arrested in recent days in Mazar-i-Sharif city for “improper hijab”, according to local sources.

Women’s rights activists in Afghanistan are calling on the men of the country to stand up against the Taliban’s repressive...

Taliban security forces raided Radio Nan FM in eastern Khost province on Tuesday, forcing staff from the building and breaking...

A women-only shopping center in Herat is closing its doors because of low demand after only a year of operation.

Rahima’s been robbed twice in four months in Balkh’s capital Mazar-e-Sharif. Adding to her distress is police refused to hear...

Fifteen members of a family were poisoned for consuming poppy leaves with their food in Kama district of Nangarhar province,...