At around 4am Feroza Afghan, then a 17-year-old girl, crept through the silent streets, dodging Taliban soldiers. In all ...

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The U.N. Security Council has expressed “deep concern” at the recent decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to ban women ...

Although Afghan women and girls have made strides in education, the economy, health care, politics, and broader civil society since the 2001 U.S.-led intervention, these advances remain fragile.

Jennifer Lawrence and Malala Yousafzai produced the new documentary 'Bread and Roses' alongside Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani as "a form of resistance" against the oppressive Taliban regime. The film is ...

That was the challenge for the award-winning Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani, who left the country after the Taliban takeover.

Malala Yousafzai: Since the Taliban took control, the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan has only worsened. In the past three-and-a-half years, we have seen how the Taliban have not ...