Instead, we must strain to peer through the mists cloudingour vision of Afghanistan, lest we view that country no moreclearly than I first did through the veil of a burka on that busride many ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching ... or a Saudi-style cloth niqab veil that exposes only the eyes. "The new generation would never accept wearing a burqa, because ...

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan, March 7 (Xinhua) -- In the face of economic hardship and limited opportunities, Afghan women are forging their own paths to self-reliance.