"It doesn't even have to be Afghan girls. For me, it is about representing women who don't have access and a voice. "I want to inspire, but also show the ones in power that if someone is given a ...

The Afghan Centre for Human Rights calls the ban on older girls attending school a "systematic and targeted violation" of their right to quality education. Before the Taliban return, the number of ...

Lawmakers and veterans supporting Afghans who worked for the U.S. during the country's longest war want aid to be restored to bring these individuals and their families to the U.S., especially ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rahmani, an Afghan refugee and father of two, plays with his daughter at the apartment where they were ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. When the Taliban took over Afghanistan in 2021, Mohammad Osmani worried about his family’s safety because ...

In the context of Afghanistan, the ongoing situation has resulted in a large number of Afghan refugees fleeing their homeland in search of safety and stability. Over the years, political ...

U.S.-affiliated Afghans arrive at the Pristina International Airport in Kosovo on Oct. 16, 2021. The Afghans stayed temporarily in Kosovo before approval for resettlement in the United States.

In the wreckage and chaos of that withdrawal, the Biden administration's National Security Council (NSC) set up a program to assist Afghans who had worked with U.S. authorities to leave the ...