Before dawn on Thursday November 24, Bahara* heard a gunshot from outside the walls of her courtyard in Daikundi province....

Three Afghan women - Zahra Joya, founder of Rukhshana Media, Tamanna Paryani, a women's rights activist, and Fatima Amiri, one...

It's been 15 months since I have stepped foot in the green grass of a football ground or in the...

Seven people, including a woman, were publicly flogged by the Taliban for drinking alcohol, running away from home, and adultery...

About 60 percent of infants and children being treated for malnourishment in Kandahar province are female, health sources say. According...

The Taliban forces publicly whipped 21 people, including six women for adultery, theft, drinking alcohol, and running away from home...

Rumours abound that universities will soon be closed or heavily restricted to girls and women as well. It’s only a...

An explosion during a noon prayer at a religious school in Bandar area of Aybak district of northern Samangan province...

His name is Mohammad Mohsen Erfani. People affectionally call him “Master Mohsen.” He’s the young teacher who single-handedly revived an...

Religious schools should be built to reform women’s thoughts and spread Islamic knowledge, the Taliban directorate of Propagation of Virtue...