Mariam’s story is not unusual; her four sisters each had similar experiences, as have countless other Afghan women. I know this all too well—I was born in Afghanistan during the Taliban’s ...

Afghan media based outside the country and international outlets have in recent weeks reported a ban on women hearing other women's voices, based on an audio recording of the head of the Ministry for ...

Four children were killed and three other people were injured Saturday in an explosion at a Pakistani village near the town of Chaman close to the Afghan border, local officials said.

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan women are forbidden from praying loudly or reciting the Quran in front of other women, according to a Taliban government minister. It’s the latest restriction on women ...

U.S. officials believe the Afghan national accused of plotting an Election Day terror attack was radicalized two years after coming to the U.S. on humanitarian parole ...

Officials routinely use video and the internet for their propaganda. Afghan journalist Ghulam Jilani Zwak told VOA the restrictions are “unprecedented” and that no other Muslim-majority ...

The UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS), is dispatching four planeloads of various relief supplies to Afghan refugees at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, Emirates official news agency (WAM) reported ...

The Biden-Harris administration now admits that an Afghan national accused of plotting an Election Day terror attack did not undergo certain vetting they previously ...

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“Our neighbours are far more savage and cruel than Israel.” According to the UN, about 4.5 million Afghans live in Iran, with many having fled the country since the government takeover of the ...

Women in Afghanistan are not forbidden from speaking to each other, the Taliban government's morality ministry told AFP on Saturday, denying recent media reports of a ban. Afghan media based ...