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It was midnight when another wave of pain struck. Begum, 35, thought it was finally time for her child to...

This is the second of two parts of an interview with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai and the director...

Malala Yousafzai:  When I hear the uproar of Afghan women that they’ve been abandoned, I think there’s a strong reason...

The 25-year-old watched a group of girls graduating from grade six, sobbing that they could no longer continue. Under rules...

A Taliban raid on her wedding day in northern Badakhshan province has left her devastated - and her brother in...

Salima, 24, suspected he was a member of the “morality police” – the term for enforcers of strict codes of...

Rukhshana Media and The Guardian has seen video evidence of a female Afghan human rights activist being gang-raped and tortured...

Ahead of this weekend’s United Nations meeting with the Taliban in Qatar, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in...

With the Taliban promoting the upcoming United Nations-hosted Doha meeting this weekend as a sign of their rising legitimacy, human...

Zeba* sat atop the Buddha cliffs in Bamyan province watching the sunset and people below passing by, recalling the days...