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PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Two Afghan sisters in the black, red and green of Afghanistan's pre-Taliban flag entered the Paris suburbs near the head of the peloton in the Olympic women's road race on ...

Despite stereotypes of Afghanistan as a deeply conservative and male-dominated society, Zahir is far from the only Afghan man to express support for Afghan women. While few Afghan men have voiced ...

They’re run by different people, but are all designed to reach as many Afghan girls and women as possible. For the educators, sharing knowledge is a matter of urgency – an uneducated ...

But basketball for girls – and indeed all sports – was not widely accepted in Afghan society, and as female athletes, we were frequently threatened by extremists. It was a radical act for me ...

The U.N. Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization or UNESCO released the new report as de facto Afghan leaders marked the third anniversary of ruling the poverty-stricken South Asian ...

The Taliban on Tuesday disavowed many Afghan diplomatic missions overseas, saying it will not honor passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with Afghanistan’s former ...

The Taliban on Tuesday disavowed many Afghan diplomatic missions overseas, saying it will not honor passports, visas and other documents issued by diplomats associated with Afghanistan's former ...

But some Afghan women are finding ways “to challenge the Taliban’s tyranny,” says Minky Worden, director of global initiatives for Human Rights Watch. “Women athletes have shown enormous ...

Among the de facto government’s targets are thousands of Afghan prosecutors trained by U.S. personnel to enforce the rule of law and prosecute terrorists. As the Taliban rapidly gained Afghan ...

The Taliban Say They No Longer Recognize Afghan Diplomatic Missions Set up by the Former Government ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban said Tuesday they no longer recognize Afghanistan’s diplomatic ...