Women's beauty salons were banned in Afghanistan because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardships for grooms' families during wedding festivities, the Taliban said ...

Islamabad — As the world marks International Women's Day on Wednesday, the women of Afghanistan have little to celebrate. The Taliban regime has methodically stripped them of their basic rights since ...

The Afghan Taliban plans a diplomatic push against Pakistan, submitting a dossier to global powers alleging support for ...

ST. LOUIS — As the Afghan refugee community in St. Louis continues to grow the International Institute is expanding its services to help them be successful here by starting an Afghan Chamber of ...

SYDNEY (AP) — A group of Afghan women’s cricketers has again approached the sport’s international governing body asking for backing to reform as a refugee team based in Australia. The women sent a ...

An overnight exchange of fire between Afghan and Pakistani forces along their tense border has killed five Afghan civilians ...

Women sit along a road as they wait for the reopening of the Torkham International Border crossing in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Sept. 11 after a gun battle between Afghan and Pakistani ...

ARLINGTON, Virginia -- Peace and stability, foundations of Western culture, have become foreign to Afghans after centuries of military conflict. Long known as the buffer state of Asia, Terra Incognita ...

Mohammad Raza Hassani, owner of Raza Auto Sale and Repair, arrived in 2021 from Afghanistan. He received an entrepreneurship grant, which he used to open his shop in south St. Louis. He said he is ...

Three years ago, the U.S. and its allies evacuated thousands of Afghans who had worked with them during the war against the Taliban. But the women and girls who remain in Afghanistan now live under a ...

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan refugee, opened fire on U.S. troops in Washington D.C., raising questions over refugee vetting ...

Razia Jan, an Afghan activist who advocated for girls' right to learn, died last month. She was 81. Jan died on July 20 at her home in Los Angeles, according to The New York Times. Her cause of death ...