In the lead up to Eid al-Adha, women from Balkh in Mazar-e Sharif have called for the Taliban to open...

She puts the violin on her left shoulder and moves the bow slowly over the strings. Manizha Rahimi says the...

Her body is still covered in bruises and wounds. Her thighs especially bear marks of a brutal beating by the...

Taliban restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights are also threatening women in media trying to report on the situation, female...

Shahla has found them to be dangerous and distressing workplaces, where female staff risk sexual harassment, verbal humiliation, and even...

Afghan women have staged an angry protest in Kabul against the international community’s dealings with the Taliban.

A Taliban official confirmed reports that three men sexually assaulted a woman pregnant with twins then murdered her along with...

On May first, Shukria Rezayi* checked her email account nervously. After weeks of waiting, she had almost given up hope....

Two children from a primary school in Herat have reportedly been kidnapped and raped.

In Kunduz Province, a young pregnant woman killed herself and her unborn child by drinking acid. According to local sources,...