Human rights situation in Afghanistan has lost ground in key areas during first six month of 2014, increasing uncerta

Banned under strict refugee laws from applying for asylum from within her own country's borders, the former member of

In a country where women's' rights are still fiercely contested, Soosan Firooz has added a strong new voice to the de

The statement will be a blow to Western nations and the government of President Hamid Karzai, who want to paint a pos

Afghan women's rights advocate Masouda Karokhi was announced as one of the eight winners of the 2013 N-Peace Awards,

The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50 percent in th

After the publication of an article in The New York Times on Monday about an Afghan man who had agreed to give his 6-

The news that the Taliban gunned down a schoolgirl last week shocked the world, but not a young woman named Noorjahan

For many girls in Afghanistan, the simple act of walking to school can be a life-threatening journey.

The policeman spoke with calm and assurance as he insisted that he could not have raped the teenage daughter of a loc

It's good to have heroes.

As the United States convenes the NATO summit in Chicago this weekend, the fate of Afghanistan's women is on my mind.

Over the course of a decade and through the administrations of two presidents of different political parties, the Uni

Just 15 years old, Sahar Gul has become the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan.

There is a long way to go before the rights of Afghan women are fully protected, says a United Nations report release

Afghan women face a bleak future unless women's rights are included as a non-negotiable element of any future politic

Women have won hard-fought rights in Afghanistan since the austere rule of the Taliban was ended by U.S.-backed Afgha

Taliban gunmen have killed the headteacher of a girls' school near the Afghan capital after he ignored warnings to st

It is the malaria season in Khan Neshin, the wild south of Helmand, just 50 miles from the border with Pakistan.

Sadly, it is not surprising that Afghanistan is again ranked as the worst place in the world to be a mother, accordin

The president of the Afghan Red Crescent Society heard many questions about her country from Nova Scotia students thi