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Yi-Pin Lin, an associate professor at Tufts University, proudly says he has vacationed in 120 nations over the past decade. But there was one country he had always dreamed of [...]

Byline: JANICE DICKSON; Staff Canada, Germany, Australia and the Netherlands have initiated a legal process to hold the Taliban accountable for discrimination against women in an unprecedented case that could [...]

Byline: Daniel Wu Correction: A previous version of a photo caption in this article incorrectly stated why Zahra Hussaini was in London. She was visiting while in the U.K. to [...]

Byline: Rick Noack KABUL - Three years into Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls are finding ways online to take back some of what was taken from them in 2021. [...]

Byline: Lauryn Oates Lauryn Oates is the executive director of Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan. Pakistan has faced widespread global condemnation since October for its campaign to expel displaced [...]

Byline: Rick Noack ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - In western Afghanistan's Zinda Jan district, Saturday's 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck without warning. By all accounts, the windy day began as usual, with villagers heading [...]

Byline: Gerry Shih ACHIN, Afghanistan - Delawar Torkhan, flanked by rifle-toting soldiers, rounded up the opium farmers and spoke loudly enough to ensure he was heard by everyone: the cowering [...]

Byline: Susannah George ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Taliban hard-liners are consolidating their control over Afghanistan with the recent bans on women's education and work, overriding the wishes of some Taliban officials [...]

Byline: Pamela Constable KABUL - The spacious ballroom glittered with lights. Young women in chiffon and satin gowns sashayed among the tables or twirled slowly on the dance floor to [...]

Byline: Claire Parker KABUL - After the Taliban took control of Afghanistan last year, nearly a third of the resident doctors in Omeida Momand's class at a Kabul women's hospital [...]

When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, I read stories online about members of the Afghan women's national soccer team fleeing the country. And I wanted to know [...]

How an Afghan soccer player and her teammates fled their homes, outran a murderous regime and forged the uncertain beginnings of a new life. To begin her goodbye, Fatima stood [...]

Byline: Karina Tsui Women in Afghanistan have faced an onslaught of violence and rights abuses since the Taliban's return to national power less than a year ago - and the [...]

Byline: Susannah George KABUL, Afghanistan - As Abdullah Obeid and his team boarded a bus in central Kabul, female passengers lowered their gaze and hurriedly adjusted headscarves to cover their [...]

The schools were supposed to reopen this week, and the reversal could threaten aid because international officials had made girls' education a condition for greater assistance. KABUL, Afghanistan -- The [...]

The Taliban have begun cracking down harder as women insist on their rights and as Western governments call for reforms. KABUL, Afghanistan -- On a raw January morning, Khujasta Elham [...]

In some provinces, teenage girls have been allowed to return to secondary schools, though some teachers and parents still have doubts about what this means about Taliban rule. MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan [...]

Byline: Adela Suliman and Susannah George KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban imposed further restrictions on female city government employees in Afghanistan's capital on Thursday, barring many from returning to work [...]

They fear that they or their loved ones could be tracked down and killed because of their work delivering justice to women. ''We have lost everything -- our jobs, our [...]

For Afghanistan's new rulers, keeping the clamps on women is a kind of marketing. But it may still cost them dearly. Why are the Taliban stripping away so many of [...]

Byline: Sudarsan Raghavan KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan artist, driven by past memory, buried 15 paintings - all works of modern art depicting women - in a compound three days [...]

Byline: Pamela Constable and Haq Nawaz Khan KABUL - Taliban officials and appointees said this week that women will be banned from teaching or studying at public universities in Afghanistan [...]

Byline: Miriam Berger When the Taliban swept to power in Afghanistan last month, its leaders promised to respect women's rights. But in the weeks since, the group has done little [...]

Byline: Ellen Francis A founder of the Taliban, who became notorious for imposing its harsh rule the last time the militants governed Afghanistan, says the group plans to bring back [...]

Afghanistan's new government is likely to severely restrict education for girls and women despite the Taliban's claims that schooling will eventually resume. KABUL, Afghanistan -- The director of a girls' [...]

Byline: Ezzatullah Mehrdad and Sammy Westfall After month-long closures affecting many schools in Kabul and across Afghanistan following the Taliban's return to power, the group released a statement Friday ordering [...]

Byline: Helena Zeweri The chaotic U.S. exit from Afghanistan that began Aug. 15 has resulted in the abandonment of hundreds of thousands of Afghan nationals who face imminent violence at [...]

Afghanistan desperately needs aid. Nonprofits desperately want to provide it. But the aid groups are being tested as never before by the uncertainty that has followed the Taliban takeover. Even [...]

Byline: Haq Nawaz Khan, Ellen Francis and Adam Taylor The last time the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, morality police roamed the streets, implementing the group's austere interpretation of Islamic law - [...]

A group of young Afghans studying for college entrance exams must risk suicide attacks by the Islamic State and the looming threat of a Taliban return. KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two [...]

Byline: Sharif Hassan and Susannah George KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan government has reversed a ban on schoolgirls over the age of 12 singing in public at official ceremonies after [...]

Byline: Carol Morello WASHINGTON Çö Zarifa Ghafari is a fearless woman in a country where there is much to fear. Since taking office as mayor in the Afghan town of [...]

Despite the perils, Afghan artists have consistently portrayed their country and its many facets. On the afternoon of Feb. 26, 2015, the artist Kubra Khademi strapped a suit of metal [...]

Byline: Scott Peterson Staff writer Abstract: For Afghanistan, rediscovering ancient art promises more than just reconnecting with the past, but finding the pride to persevere in the present. For centuries, [...]

Byline: Siobhán O'Grady and Sharif Hassan KABUL, Afghanistan - A young woman lounges in a meadow, daydreaming about her love. Her friend sings and decorates her long hair with freshly [...]

Byline: Mili Mitra The most inspiring World Cup story this month doesn't involve the players of the U.S. women's national team, despite their many triumphs. It doesn't involve a soccer [...]

Byline: Pamela Constable Kabul, Afghanistan - Several months ago, Taliban insurgents in western Faryab province stopped a young woman driving back to college, where she was a pharmacy student. They [...]