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

The Afghan Taliban government earlier this year skipped a Pakistan-hosted global conference where Nobel laureate Malala ...

An Afghan asylum seeker has been convicted of raping a 15-year-old schoolgirl after he followed her in Falkirk town centre, ...

Finding hope in the story of a 15-year-old girl's escape from the Taliban, Kabir Khan makes her the subject of his segment in ...

The new film "Rule Breakers" tells the true story of an Afghan all-girl robotics team that captured global attention in 2017. Actor Nikohl Boosheri portrays Roya Mahboob, the visionary behind the team ...

In August 2021, the world watched as the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, sweeping away two decades of progress toward democracy, human rights, and gender equality. While international ...

TALOQAN (Pajhwok): Security forces have arrested a man accused of murdering an 11-year-old girl in the Bangi district of ...

Rule Breakers is a film that follows the story of young Afghan women who have broken stereotypes to pursue their dreams in science and technology.

Review: 'Rule Breakers' tells an inspirational story that has momentum in the beginning, but descends into the usual cliches ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In some regions, when a girl gets engaged, the groom’s family fires gunshots into the air as a token of joy and agreement between the two families. However, in certain cases, young men fires shots ...

Afghans who fled after the Taliban takeover were all set for new lives in the United States until Donald Trump signed an ...