“When I step on to the pitch everything else is automatically erased from my mind,” says the captain of Afghan Women United, Fatima Haidari, when asked how football helps her cope with the traumas she ...

Since the Taliban assumed power in 2021, they have been stripping women and girls of their fundamental rights, violating ...

Jan 7 (Reuters) - A group of British lawmakers urged England to boycott their Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan next month, saying the country's cricket board (ECB) needed to take a stand ...

FIFA has sanctioned the establishment of an Afghanistan women’s refugee team which will be able to participate in matches overseen by world football’s governing body. Such a move would see the ...

Amnesty International has warned that life for women and girls in Afghanistan has become “unbearable,” citing systematic ...

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 27: Nahida Sapan and Firoza Amiri of the Afghanistan XI speak to media during a media opportunity with the Afghanistan XI ahead of the Afghanistan XI v Cricket Without ...

The Taliban has dismissed accusations of gender discrimination and human rights violations as absurd. These four countries initiated legal proceedings against the Taliban for breaching a U.N.

Women not covered from head to toe are being prevented from entering public health facilities in western Afghanistan. The ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — They wandered through the museum, listening attentively as their guide explained the antiquities in display cabinets. It could have been any tour group, anywhere in the world ...

Afghanistan's economic recovery is buckling as nine in 10 households are forced to skip meals, sell belongings or take on ...

England's men's cricket team is set to face Afghanistan on Feb. 26 in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy group stage. However, women's rights activists have called for England to ...