"This is not only my wish, but the wish of all Afghan women." A second woman hopes "women in Afghanistan will be recognised as human beings", and another dreams of being able to go "to the park ...

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"I knit because it's my way to give my talent to others for the Lord," said Marica 'Mardy' Ritsema, who has hand-knitted over ...

Afghan Taliban forces targeted “several points” in neighboring Pakistan, Afghanistan’s defense ministry said on Saturday, days after Pakistani aircraft carried out aerial bombardment inside ...

As the world looks ahead to 2025, a group of young Afghan women brave great personal risk to share their hopes and dreams for the new year, one they'd love to live free from Taliban rule.

Mass protests in Bangladesh over economic grievances, job quotas, and political repression culminated in Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and exile.

The sudden collapse of the Afghan government and rise of the Taliban showed that the United States could not buy favorable Afghan perceptions of the country’s corrupt leaders and government ...

Afghan refugees who fled the 2021 Taliban offensive are still struggling to adapt to life in Japan, a situation that has furthered criticism of Tokyo’s treatment of asylum seekers. Japan accepts ...

However, a pro-Taliban media outlet, Hurriyet Daily News, cited ministry sources as saying that the strikes killed 19 Pakistani troops and three Afghan civilians. No one from Pakistan’s Foreign ...

Minister Khalil-Ur-Rahman Haqqani was targeted while he was exiting his office building in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, marking the most significant casualty inflicted on the Taliban ...