There is growing pressure on England to boycott February’s Champions Trophy match against Afghanistan, but for those living ...

A 17-year-old who is not allowed to speak in public in her own country has won a prestigious international award for advocating for the rights of Afghan girls. Nila Ibrahimi won the International ...

American actor Meryl Streep has said a "squirrel has more rights" than a girl in Afghanistan, adding her voice to a call by Afghan women to end the Taliban government's severe restrictions on ...

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

But even then, art and creative expression were tightly restricted in Afghanistan — no matter the gender of the performer.

Citing the words of Malala Yousafzai, human rights advocate and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, the report reminds us that “If you are a girl in Afghanistan, the Taliban has decided your future for you.

An Afghan couple has argued the girl rescued by Army Rangers and adopted by a Marine is their relative and that she should be ...

The girls were planning to participate via Skype if they were not allowed entry A group of Afghan school girls taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been granted entry to attend it ...

An Afghanistan Women's XI will play a Cricket Without Borders XI in the match at Melbourne's Junction Oval. It will bring ...

“It is completely changing the life of every girl in Afghanistan especially those who play sports and for cricket exactly because they don’t accept us,” she added of her country’s current ...