Sharbat Gula was just 13 years old when her portrait became famous around the world, but what has happened to her since then?

Every day, even after the Taliban barred Afghan girls from education, Fariba went to school. The teenager left the house with her head held high, smiling, saying she would ask her teachers when she ...

In Afghanistan, where girls are barred from secondary education, an underground network of home-based schools is preparing ...

As children around the world begin a new school year, 2.6 million Afghan girls remain barred from secondary education—and the Taliban is reshaping what boys learn, too. Afghan schoolgirls receive pens ...

For five years, girls above sixth grade have been barred from classrooms, making Afghanistan the only country in the world where girls are banned from secondary and higher education. The ban was ...

The United Nations expressed "a great deal of sorrow" Friday over the continued ban on girls’ secondary school education in Taliban-led Afghanistan as the world body marked the International Day of ...

A 17-year-old who is not allowed to speak in public in her own country has won a prestigious international award for advocating for the rights of Afghan girls. Nila Ibrahimi won the International ...

A few months ago, mornings at Vahdat Primary School when the children arrived were full of enthusiasm and energy. Bags bouncing on their backs as they ran through the gates of their primary school, a ...

Letter: The home secretary’s language of ‘compassion’ and ‘international obligations’ is at odds with the party’s record in protecting vulnerable migrants, writes Eleanor Luxton ...