KABUL (Pajhwok): In some parts of Afghanistan, shots are fired into the air to claim a girl’s hand has been sought in marriage — a form of violence that often triggers family feuds and forces girls to ...

“How can girls go back to Afghanistan?” said Nilab, 30, who asked that only her first name be used to protect her identity. “What will happen to us? Rape, forced marriage and death.

A new school year has begun in Afghanistan with more than 2.2 million girls excluded from secondary education, a top UNICEF ...

These women, barred from higher education by the Taliban, had fled Afghanistan seeking safety. They fear severe repercussions upon return, including forced marriage and targeted violence.

Monday marks the deadline for Afghans sheltering in Pakistan to leave the country, with the prospect of a dangerous future in Taliban-led Afghanistan ahead. By Zia ur-Rehman Reporting from Karachi ...

Afghanistan's last female ambassador, Manizha Bakhtari, continues her fight against Taliban from Austria, advocating for ...

Bakhtari, one of three daughters of well-respected Afghan poet Wasef Bakhtari, found herself on the side of those resisting fundamentalism early in her life following an arranged marriage at 19 to ...

The BBC spends the day with women across Afghanistan to understand what their lives look like under the Taliban government.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan ...

Morsal Mohammed Naim, of no fixed address, is currently standing trial for the murder of her daughter, Omra Wali Jan, at Manchester Crown Court.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Taliban fighters patrol near the closed Torkham border with Pakistan, where Pakistani and Afghan forces ...