"These women are a direct threat to the regime’s extremist ambitions and widespread use of corruption and control." ...

UN Women will continue delivering for Afghan women and girls despite sweeping restrictions and ongoing instability, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, where women are denied the right to study, work, or speak freely, a group of young women risk ...

The Home Office has blocked new study visas for applicants from Afghanistan, Sudan, Myanmar and Cameroon. It means many women will miss out on life-changing opportunities – as five female academics ex ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women with tape on their mouths protest in silence against the loss of fundamental rights for women and girls in Afghanistan.

When the Taliban stormed back into power in August 2021, the world watched in horror as the regime instantly began erasing rights. Now, following a “total internet blackout,” according to NetBlocks, ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — One after the other, the opportunities vanished. Like so many other Afghan women, Sodaba could do little but watch as her country’s new Taliban government imposed a ...

On Monday evening, internet and telephone communications were cut off across Afghanistan. The entire country was left in darkness, with millions of women and girls living under the Taliban losing ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — An American woman in Kabul is scrambling to evacuate her Afghan staff and dozens of the rescue animals they care for. With the countdown to a full U.S. troop withdrawal just days ...

Five young women are staring anxiously at a laptop. This is the call they’ve long been waiting for. A flurry of mixed emotions takes over as they each learn they have been selected by FIFA for the ...

For many Afghan women, especially those in conservative rural areas of the country, little has changed since the Taliban seized power in the country. For others, life under hard-line Islamist rule ...

The Afghan women's refugee team will participate in its first-ever international tournament in October. The upcoming FIFA Unites: Women's Soccer will kick off in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on ...