The agency UN Women vowed on Tuesday to continue its provision of aid for women and girls in Afghanistan despite stringent restrictions and the ongoing conflict in the region. UN Women Afghanistan ...

KABUL, AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban decreed on Friday they were banning forced marriage of women in Afghanistan, a move apparently meant to address criteria the international community ...

Every story that was shared at a recent online gathering offered a window into the reality of life for women in Afghanistan ...

An interview with Sana Atef, a reporter with the Zan Times who covers the lives and work of women in Afghanistan.

The Taliban has passed a new law in Afghanistan allowing husbands to beat their wives as long as there is no serious bodily harm in a new criminal code published by the group. The 90-page penal code, ...

Afghan journalist and activist Khadija Amin, now living in Spain after fleeing Taliban rule, denounces the burqa as a tool of ...

Taliban restrictions force women deeper into isolation Women aid workers face reduced or no pay without work With no aid, children sold and forced into work or marriage KABUL/NEW DELHI, Jan 26 ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have decreed they are banning forced marriage of women in Afghanistan, a move likely meant to address criteria the international community considers a precondition to ...