NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sahar Fetrat a researcher at Human Rights Watch, about the lives of women in Afghanistan now, as the Taliban continue to limit their presence in public life.

Canada's border guards sent 19 Afghans who failed their refugee claims back to Afghanistan in 2023 — even as the federal ...

In October, Iran was accused of firing indiscriminately at Afghans crossing over into Iran’s Sistan province from Balochistan ...

A rare inside account of the tyranny of the Taliban and their impact on Afghan women hits screens next week with the ...

Preparations have been made for members of the Afghanistan women's cricket team to play together in an exhibition match after ...

Afghanistan is one of the world’s leading victims of climate change. But can its Taliban government cooperate with the ...

Gunmen from the regional branch of the Islamic State group have killed a politician in northwest Pakistan, police and the militants said Friday.

America recently emphatically rejected Biden and his appointed replacement, Kamala Harris, in a decisive election, making ...

In the past two weeks, three radio stations in Khost province have been banned from broadcasting by local authorities. Their ...

In the just-ended campaign, Trump also hammered the outgoing administration — first President Joe Biden, and then Vice ...

But during the course of the appeals process, the case against Hirst revealed troubling shortfalls in how at least one ...