A crackdown by Afghan authorities on demonstrators in western Afghanistan has left at least three people injured, ...

The Taliban have approved around 140 measures against women since 2021, while the European Union takes steps to legitimize ...

A protest in Herat, Afghanistan, against Taliban dress code regulations resulted in injuries as police opened fire on ...

Continued restrictions on girls’ education and women’s labor force participation are violating their rights and weakening the ...

An entire generation of Afghan girls have had their aspirations suspended by policies systematically excluding them from ...

The United Nations’ mission in Afghanistan has expressed concern over arrests and detentions of women in western Afghanistan ...

Sahar Naseri ’29 met with members of Congress in April, advocating for Afghan girls’ access to education. She was blocked ...

Alia travelled to the Afghan capital to escape the prospect of marriage as her only option Alia - whose name we have changed for her safety - travelled hundreds of miles from her village to Kabul to ...

The Taliban has formally legitimized child marriages under a twisted new family law decree that sets out rules for marriages involving minors — treating the girls as sellable property. It also ...

A new Afghan law requires girls to wait until puberty before seeking to get out of a marriage. It also requires mediation for women seeking to escape an abusive husband. By Elian Peltier Reporting ...