How do you make a documentary when you can't film in person — and even hiring a cameraperson is risky? That was the challenge for the award-winning Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani, who left the country ...

KABUL — For the first time since the Taliban takeover three years ago, Afghans living outside the country have begun flocking back to their homeland, usually to visit relatives who have remained in ...

Fourteen years ago, when I was 21, I visited Afghanistan for the first time since I was seven – the age I was when my mother fled the civil war ravaging my birth land – to make a documentary. We left ...

Afghan female artists refuse to be silenced. Despite Taliban bans on music and art, they work in exile to keep their cultural ...

Members of an Afghan female tactical platoon appeared at William & Mary this week to talk about mental toughness, resilience and what it’s been like since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan. The panel ...

The United Nations on Tuesday urged the Taliban to respect the rights of women in Afghanistan, warning that the future of the nation depends on safeguarding the rights of all its citizens. The ...

The dominant narrative on women in Afghanistan, one that appears fairly regularly in international media, is a story of restrictions, denial, and loss of rights. Under the Taliban’s Islamic Emirate, ...

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council told Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Monday that peace and prosperity are “unattainable” until they reverse their bans on women and girls getting an education, ...

Sarwat Najib empowers through fashion, while bringing Afghan culture to central Wisconsin. Originally from Kabul, fashion designer Sarwat Najib brings Afghan artistry to Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Her ...

It has some of the world's most severe restrictions on women but that isn't stopping all-female tourist groups from visiting to see Afghanistan for themselves. Despite its "appalling human rights ...