Since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, Afghanistan’s women-led civil society has not just been struggling: it is ...

An Afghanistan women's refugee team has been granted eligibility for international competitions, some five years after national team players fled their country's Taliban rule. The FIFA Council, ...

No school beyond the sixth grade. No traveling without a male guardian. Death by stoning for “moral crimes” such as adultery. In most places, women must cover themselves from head to toe if they leave ...

INTERVIEW: Fifa has amended its rules so that a scattered team of exiled players can still compete internationally under the ...

Khalida Popal’s smile shone brighter than the sun this week, after FIFA officials meeting in Vancouver changed their rules to allow female soccer players from Afghanistan to return to international ...

What’s happening in Afghanistan is not simply gender discrimination; rather, it’s pushing an entire gender out of public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Afghan woman walks past a beauty salon in Kabul ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Since seizing power in 2021, Afghanistan's Taliban ...

It’s two photos of people engaged in the same act — one a child and one an adult — practicing a custom centuries old. For the viewer, it’s a glimpse into a space usually not seen outside the community ...

I began playing basketball a t my school in Kabul, Afghanistan, at age 14. Because of the Taliban, I have been a refugee twice. First in Iran as a child, and now a second time, I am outside my country ...