But all that was taken away when the Taliban swept into power in 2021. They banned girls over the age of 12 from getting an ...

Women have been barred from most public spaces. Afghan citizens are being deported by nearby countries. And marginalized ...

UNESCO and UNICEF reiterate their call for the immediate and unconditional reopening of schools and universities to Afghan ...

The first Afghan women’s soccer team has been announced since the Taliban returned to power four years ago, but the players are still fighting for recognition.

For millions of Afghan women and girls, the digital sphere is the last connection to the outside world, writes Zahra Nader.

With 18 courses on women’s rights dropped and 200 more under review, Afghanistan—already ranked last in world happiness—has ...

Afghanistan is facing a near-total digital blackout as the Taliban cut both wired and mobile internet services nationwide.

The internet is back up in Afghanistan after a two-day blackout that paralyzed the economy and grounded planes. The government hasn't explained the outage.

Mark Johnson spoke with Mitra Mahtab, a UVM student, who plans to use her education to help other Afghan women who have faced ...

No school. No work. No speaking outside. No healthcare without an increasingly scarce female provider. No dissent. No justice. This is the horrific reality for women and girls in Afghanistan since the ...

Afghanistan today faces a maternal health crisis that is as much political as it is medical. When girls are banned from studying beyond grade 6, nursing and midwifery schools are shuttered, and female ...

The first female deputy speaker of parliament in Afghanistan discussed women’s rights in Afghanistan at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) ...