When Bahara was four months pregnant, she went to a Kabul hospital to beg for an abortion. Nesa, a mother of eight daughters ...

Canberra said the Taliban officials are guilty of oppressing women and girls, as well as ‘undermining good governance’.

When previously in power, the Taliban destroyed much of the Afghan culture. When Ali Karimi was young, he had to bury his books in the backyard. In 1996, when the Taliban first came to power after ...

An Afghan women’s radio station will resume broadcasts after the Taliban lifted their suspension over alleged cooperation with an overseas TV channel. Radio Begum launched on International Women’s Day ...

The Taliban issued a message on International Women’s Day, saying Afghan women live in security with their rights protected, even as the U.N. condemned ongoing employment and education bans. The ...

Foreword -- Preface -- Editors' note -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Introductory Chapters -- Stepping inside: culture through the windows of art and literature / Arley Loewen -- Guided tour of ...

I first visited Afghanistan in 2003, as part of a U.S. delegation focused on improving the lives of women. I was particularly interested in women’s economic empowerment, and my initial thought was to ...