ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban have decreed they are banning forced marriage of women in Afghanistan, a move likely meant to address criteria the international community considers a precondition to ...

ATHENS, Greece — A new penal code issued by decree in Afghanistan sets harsher punishments for the mistreatment of animals than for domestic violence against women and solidifies into law inequality ...

Recently, Afghanistan’s star cricketer Rashid Khan made the headlines for being spotted with a woman at an event, and pictures of the two soon went viral on the internet. Within hours, fans were ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, December 5 (UNHCR) - When her abusive, drug addict father told Zakia* that she must marry a man twice her age, the then 15-year-old was despondent. But after the Afghan refugee ...