A Brief History of Women's Rights In Afghanistan Think of women in Afghanistan now, and you'll probably recall pictures in the media of women being forced to wear full-body burqas, perhaps the famous ...

President Emamali Rahmon, who has been in power since 1992, had earlier described the Islamic hijab as a problem for society.

A British couple in their 70s who run education programs in Afghanistan have lost contact with their family after being ...

Since the group claimed power in Afghanistan in August last year, women’s rights have been stripped back by a number of draconian restrictions, including a rule introduced at the end of December ...

Using the emblematic burqa to conceal the identities of the women athletes now forbidden from doing what they love best, Noroozi came up with the haunting series of faceless portraits to offer an ...

Heavy snowfall and rain have killed 36 people and injured 40 in different parts of Afghanistan, a Taliban government ...