Although Afghan women ... States and Afghanistan in fighting terrorism and extremism and promoting economic sustainability, the United States should bolster gender equality before the drawdown ...

Activists have been left outraged after a US porn star was 'welcomed' to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan where women can't leave the house without a male guardian, speak in public or even be ...

It will create more suffering for ordinary Afghans, especially women and children, who were already bearing the brunt of poverty before the Taliban’s return. A broken Afghanistan, cut off from ...

I'm under extreme stress right now." These women, mostly aged in their 20s, qualified for scholarships in 2021 before the Taliban seized Afghanistan. Many continued their studies in Afghan ...

The Taliban swiftly regained control of Afghanistan in 2021 after the US withdrew its last troops from the country. Despite initially declaring that women would ... just a week before the Taliban ...

with contributions from Aakriti Thapar and Mahfouz Zubaide Before the Taliban retook power in Afghanistan in 2021, women and girls enjoyed relative social freedom and were able to go to school and ...