Muslim advocacy group CAIR-Houston called on HISD Tuesday to transfer the girls to a different school, alleging a group of 20 students, some wielding pencils, had assaulted three Afghan girls at ...

At the gathering, then, everyone was talking about school and the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan. Women are barred from attending university, and girls cannot extend their education ...

With Gaza in ruins, the war in Ukraine at a critical juncture, and millions of Africans facing starvation, global attention has understandably shifted away from the plight of Afghan girls denied ...

A 15-year-old girl reads a magazine in Afghanistan. Higher education for girls is forbidden under the ruling Islamist Taliban. A new school year has begun in Afghanistan with more than 2.2 million ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — 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 ...

The new school year began on Saturday in Afghanistan but for the fourth consecutive year, girls over 12 were barred from attending classes. "All my dreams were shattered," she says, her voice ...

He achieved world renown with his 1984 photograph Afghan Girl, a striking depiction of a young refugee with mesmerizing green eyes. The image first appeared on the June 1985 issue of National ...

UNICEF is constructing 165 schools for girls and boys across Afghanistan, complete with solar panel systems, latrine blocks, handwashing stations and drilled water wells. Shukria, a 12-year-old ...

UN Tells Afghan Rulers: No Peace and Prosperity Until They Reverse Bans on Women and Girls UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council told Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Monday that peace ...

Following the Taliban’s imposition of restrictions on women’s education, academic pursuits, and employment, many women and girls have turned to various addictive substances in Afghanistan. Hasht-e ...