A USAID grant enabled them to either study online or enroll in college in another country. Now the grant has been terminated.

The new school year began on Saturday in Afghanistan but for the fourth consecutive year, girls over 12 were barred from attending classes. "All my dreams were shattered," she says, her voice ...

A wanted Afghan national, involved in multiple serious crimes, including the murder of former Union Council Chairman Asif Nawaz Khan, was killed in a police encounter in the Basal area.

NORTHVILLE, N.Y. (WTEN) — A New York basketball coach, fired after pulling a player’s ponytail following a loss in the girls basketball state championship, has apologized for his actions.

A 15-year-old girl reads a magazine in Afghanistan. Higher education for girls is forbidden under the ruling Islamist Taliban. A new school year has begun in Afghanistan with more than 2.2 million ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. children’s agency on Saturday urged Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to immediately lift a lingering ban on girls' education to save the future of millions who have ...

At the gathering, then, everyone was talking about school and the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan. Women are barred from attending university, and girls cannot extend their education ...

UNESCO amplifies the voices of Afghan women and girls who have been impacted by severe restrictions since the Taliban’s return to power in 2021. More than 70 decrees have curtailed their basic ...

A new academic year has started in Afghanistan, but girls have been barred from going to school beyond the sixth grade. On Thursday, members of the Taliban interim government and other officials ...

THE latest clashes between Pakistani and Afghan security forces are yet another sign of the deepening rift between the two neighbours. Just three years after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul ...