Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Armed Taliban personnel in north-eastern Afghanistan, pictured earlier this month - AFP Jamila Afghani, one of Afghanistan’s top ...

In Afghanistan under Taliban rule, women are largely restricted from public life. However, within the confines of their homes, families gather, sharing moments of joy and solidarity through meals and ...

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

New Delhi: They make their sabz chai – a special green tea – in their hotel room. Pull out the famous Afghan dry fruits from their backpacks. Sit on the floor to eat on their shared dastarkhwans.

The Turkish Airlines flight was scheduled to depart Islamabad in the predawn hours of Friday, April 10. That night I was with ...

Growing up Afghan, even before leaving my country, I learned that the world often decides which girls are seen and which are ...

April 10, 2006—“Afghanistan has received inadequate resources in terms of both troops and funds; this is not the time to draw down the military presence or to reduce aid,” warns a new Council on ...

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, July 12 (UNHCR) - A steady flow of Afghan refugees has started leaving Kyrgyzstan for a new life in Canada under a landmark group resettlement plan that is expected to largely end ...