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

As a Greek woman in Afghanistan, I decided to live among ordinary Afghans to get a feel of their lives, concerns, and dreams ...

The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in 2021 for the second time. Since then, the former insurgents have consolidated their grip on power, excluded women and girls from public life, stamped out ...

In Afghanistan in 2025, under Taliban rule, women are largely restricted from public life. However, within the confines of their homes, families gather, sharing moments of joy and solidarity through ...

Afghanistan’s UN envoy says women have been excluded from public life for nearly five years, as UNAMA warns restrictions are harming the country’s future.

Afghan refugees, like all refugees, are those who are “persecuted or who (have) a well-founded fear of persecution” in their home countries. But many Afghan refugees are subject to persecution for ...

Dewey Yopp, a retired U.S. Army Special Forces officer, was sent to Afghanistan in 2002 to train up a new Afghan army during the early days of the war in Afghanistan. He met Amir, his then-18-year-old ...

Abdulhaq Sodais, right, and Spencer Sullivan embrace at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago on Dec. 17 after Sodais successfully made it to the United States. Barely half an hour had passed since ...

The Trump administration says Afghanistan's conditions have improved in recent years to the point where sending Afghan nationals back does not pose a threat to their safety. That's how members of the ...