When the Taliban’s men came knocking at her house in January, Nooran* went and hid in her parent’s yard. “I did not want to be arrested along with my mother,” says the Afghan teen. Moments later, her ...

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 ...

Afghan women writers defy suppression by the Taliban, using literature as a means of resistance. Despite bans and restrictions, they tell compelling stories that reclaim agency. Through collective ...

LONDON, Aug 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Five months after Taliban supporters smashed up her restaurant, Afghan entrepreneur Laila Haidari opened a secret craft centre where women earn a small ...

Today, August 15, marks four years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan. It is a somber anniversary for me and for the millions of fellow Afghans whose daily reality is marked by hunger, ...

When the former Afghan Women's National Football Team, now known as Afghan Women United, took the field this week in Morocco for their first games in four years, they didn't just play a match; they ...

BURTON UPON TRENT, England, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Elaha Safdari was 17 and had just earned her maiden call-up as a goalkeeper for Afghanistan's women's football team when she was forced to flee Kabul ...