In the aftermath of a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, the country's strict gender rules left many women and teen girls without help as male rescue teams focused largely on men and younger ...

After a long period of uncertainty for many Afghan allies of the U.S., it is encouraging to see a glimmer of hope. Recently, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced a new bill that would offer ...

“They gathered us in one corner and forgot about us.” BIBI AYSHA, whose village in Afghanistan’s mountainous Kunar Province was devastated this week by an earthquake, on women being left trapped or ...

KABUL/ MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Nasrullah Khan's voice breaks as he describes how with his own hands he buried three children in one grave and two young men in another after an ...

As the American war in Afghanistan ended four years ago, thousands of Afghans who had worked with the United States, and believed in the American-led war against the Taliban, were left behind. Many of ...

A huge earthquake ripped through eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing hundreds of people and setting off a mammoth rescue operation along a mountainous stretch of provinces where communities already ...

A prohibition on contact between unrelated women and men meant many women’s wounds went untended and some were left trapped under rubble after a deadly earthquake, witnesses said. By Fatima Faizi The ...