"It doesn't even have to be Afghan girls. For me, it is about representing women who don't have access and a voice. "I want to inspire, but also show the ones in power that if someone is given a ...

The Afghan Centre for Human Rights calls the ban on older girls attending school a "systematic and targeted violation" of their right to quality education. Before the Taliban return, the number of ...

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ISLAMABAD, March 23 (Reuters) - Pakistan's army has killed 16 Islamist militants along the country's western border with Afghanistan, a statement said on Sunday. It said border troops killed all ...

THE latest clashes between Pakistani and Afghan security forces are yet another sign of the deepening rift between the two neighbours. Just three years after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul ...

Upon arrival, they discovered Daniel Peek was fatally shot in his driveway. Several witnesses were present at the scene, which made it easier for law enforcement to identify the suspect. A&E’s ...

Tens of thousands of female Afghan refugees face uncertain futures in Pakistan, caught between a homeland where the Taliban has deprived them of their human rights and the legal limbo of their ...

They have gradually erased Afghan women from public space, imposing what the United Nations has called a "gender apartheid". They outlawed the loose headscarves commonly worn by urban women.

Pakistan has ramped up pressure on Afghan refugees to leave the country, despite serious risks of persecution and economic hardship under Taliban rule, according to a leading human rights ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Taliban fighters stand near the closed Torkham border with Pakistan, where Pakistani and Afghan forces ...

Under the Taliban, Afghan women can't study at universities or work in most jobs. But 22-year-old Zahra Ali has created a small business that brings in an income and provides a much-needed ...

Younger Afghan women are increasingly ditching the burqa. Instead, they are opting for the abaya robe. Taliban rules obligate women not to show their faces in public. Young, urban women in Afghanistan ...