A UN expert has warned that Taliban policies are blocking Afghan women and children from receiving urgent medical care ...

U.N. officials urged Afghan authorities to rescind the decree, which also criminalizes criticism of the de facto leadership ...

In 2021, a group of Afghan women soccer players were rescued from their home country, by FIFA, and promised new lives in ...

Pakistan is in an “open war” with Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif said Friday, with fighting escalating into the most ...

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A new criminal code has been passed by Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, which equates female citizens to 'slaves'. Titled the ...

UN member states should do more to protect the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in an oral statement on Thursday at the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights ...

Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged border, with Pakistan’s defense minister saying his country’s patience had “run out” and ...

The latest escalation of violence between the neighboring countries makes a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly ...