KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — For six hours every day after school, Nahideh works in a cemetery, collecting water from a nearby ...

Afghan woman's trek to escape Kabul with her daughter -- and her plea to help family stuck behind. She shared how she got out with ABC News in an emotional video call.

The United Nations has expressed concern about the Taliban’s arrest of Afghan women and girls for their alleged failure to ...

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says that from the start of 2025 to the end of June, more than one million women ...

From underground hair salons to selling makeup and jewelry online, a report by The Washington Post details the daily struggles that women in Afghanistan face. Afghan women fight the Taliban with small ...

Since the return of the Taliban in 2021, Afghan women correspondents have chronicled the realities faced by women who, after some 20 years of increased freedom and opportunity, have been relegated ...

Nurses caring for patients at Wazir Akbar Khan hospital in Kabul on September 1, 2021. Since assuming power that year, the Taliban has curtailed educational opportunities for women.

Nelufar Hedayat is a British-Afghan filmmaker and journalist in London, you can find her on TikTok, X and Instagram. To learn more about how you can support women in Afghanistan, visit the Malala Fund ...

And Homeira Qaderi, an Afghan writer, activist, and educator. She also left the country with her son after the Taliban takeover in August of 2021.

On September 23, 2024, when speaking at a side event on “The Inclusion of Women in the Future of Afghanistan” at the U.N. General Assembly, Oscar-winning actress and ...

Meryl Streep attends a press conference following an event on “The Inclusion of Women in the Future of Afghanistan,” Monday, Sept. 23, 2024, at the United Nations headquarters.

This project supports Afghan women in expressing themselves through photography and hand-sewn “story cloths.” Photovoice project: a simple yet powerful message. The “Photovoice” project, the first ...