As the Taliban`s restrictions on education continue, a new report by the United Nations Children`s Fund (UNICEF) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows that Afghanistan is facing one of the most severe education and learning crises in the world...

Amina Mohammed, the United Nations` deputy secretary-general, has urged the international community not to turn a blind eye to human rights violations in Afghanistan, saying millions of women and girls face severe restrictions under Taliban rule...

In Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, the ban on women`s education does not end with the closure of school and university gates; it gradually drains life from families, hope from girls, and the future from society...

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says knowledge and education are the primary pillars of progress and dignity in any society...

‘The winning image of Hajira is a symbol of the quiet but unwavering resilience of millions of Afghan girls who have been denied access to secondary education for more than four years...

A photograph of Hajera, a ten-year-old schoolgirl from Nangarhar Province, has been selected as UNICEF`s Photo of the Year 2025-an image the jury described as a symbol of the "silent resistance and resilience of Afghan girls" in the face of the Taliban`s restrictions on education...

Spain`s Minister for Foreign Affairs, the European Union and International Cooperation welcomed around fifty Afghan women on Friday, 22 Qaws (12 December) at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the conference titled "HearUs 2025: Promoting Accountability for Women in Afghanistan...

When Maryam (a pseudonym) was dismissed from her position at a media organization for the first time, no one in the office even bothered to remember her name...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says that at least 10 civilians were killed and six others wounded in last night`s airstrikes in the provinces of Khost and Kunar...

Coinciding with World Children`s Day, Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan, has called for the immediate reopening of schools and universities for girls across the country...

In today`s Afghanistan, a 14-year-old girl does not die from bullets, but from the absence of opportunity-not in a terrorist attack, but in the systematic silence of empty classrooms...

Amnesty International has issued a strong warning following the enforcement of the mandatory burqa (chadari) for women in Herat, calling it part of the Taliban`s systematic campaign to erase women and girls from public spaces, healthcare, and social life, creating conditions that are "intolerable" for them...

Fawzia Koofi, former member of Afghanistan`s parliament, warned of a "silent tsunami" in her country during an interview with a Spanish newspaper, urging the world not to wait for another September 11 before taking action...

The United Nations has announced that it has suspended its operations at the Islam Qala border crossing between Afghanistan and Iran after the Taliban imposed new restrictions on Afghan female staff...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has emphasized that the meaningful participation of women in all areas of public life-including political dialogue and humanitarian response-is essential for Afghanistan`s stability, prosperity, and legitimacy on the world stage...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reported that the Taliban`s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice launched a series of crackdowns in Kabul and Herat between July and September to enforce the group`s strict dress code for women and girls, resulting in dozens of arbitrary arrests and detentions...

Fawzia Koofi, former deputy speaker of Afghanistan`s parliament, has accused the Taliban of "plundering Badakhshan`s mines" and destroying the province`s environment...

Nila Ebrahimi, a teenage Afghan education activist, has been named among the 17 Young Leaders for the 2025 class of the United Nations` Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - a global recognition honoring exceptional young changemakers driving progress toward a better world...

Bangladesh`s exiled writer Taslima Nasreen has slammed Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi for not allowing women journalists to attend a press conference in Delhi on Friday...

Afghanistanian filmmaker Roya Sadat has received an international award at the International Film Festival of South Asia (IFFSA) in Toronto for her latest work, Sima`s Song...

The People`s Tribunal for Afghan Women, currently being held in Madrid, Spain, continued its second day of hearings by examining various dimensions of the Taliban`s policies against women in Afghanistan...

A people`s Symbolic tribunal opened public hearings in Madrid on Wednesday to try the Taliban`s top leadership in absentia for alleged crimes against humanity and the systematic persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan...

In a message posted on X on Sunday, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expressed hope that girls in Afghanistan will also be allowed to receive an education...

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday approved a landmark resolution establishing an independent mechanism to investigate serious human rights violations in Afghanistan, including those committed under Taliban rule...

In a land where war never ends and darkness has cast its shadow over daily life, thousands of Afghan children, girls, and women are trapped in an unending nightmare - one named trafficking and sexual exploitation...