Afghans who worked for the previous Nato-backed administration face beatings, torture and mock executions in prison, while women and girls are being persecuted based on their gender alone, according t ...

From underground hair salons to selling makeup and jewelry online, a report by The Washington Post details the daily struggles that women in Afghanistan face. Afghan women fight the Taliban with small ...

UN agency calls for global pause on deportations back to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan - Afghans who worked for the previous Nato ...

For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby shrine to sell to mourners visiting loved ones’ graves ...

ISLAMABAD -- The Taliban said Wednesday that efforts to free a British couple from an Afghan prison are not yet complete and ...

Population growth, the climate crisis and relentless over-extraction have depleted groundwater levels, experts say.