A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...

“The ban on girls’ education must be lifted without delay, as it has no foundation in Islam and is wholly unjustified in ...

The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has conditionally agreed to allow Afghan women to pursue higher education in Pakistan. This agreement hinges on the condition that their male guardians, or ...

As reported by Arshad Mehmood, Stanikzai’s bold appeal is the first public challenge from a senior Taliban leader against the ...

On International Day of Education, UNAMA urges the Taliban to lift their ban on female education, affecting millions of ...

The Taliban authorities that rule Afghanistan have imposed a severe interpretation of Islamic law on the population, heavily ...

Also on Friday, the UN mission in Afghanistan said it was a “tragedy and travesty” that girls remain deprived of education.

UNAMA’s report underscores the deteriorating state of human rights in Afghanistan, particularly the widespread violations against women and the alarming rise in gender-based violence. These issues ...

The head of a major international aid agency is warning that funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping ...

Global cricket needs to move away from "random and inconsistent," outbursts of support for Afghanistan's exiled women's ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The head of a major humanitarian organisation said U.S. President Donald Trump's order to halt foreign ...