A landmark independent inquiry has unearthed chilling new allegations of systematic abuse and extrajudicial killings by ...

A RAWA member talking with village women. It is since many days that Mohammad's wife has nothing to prepare for family meals except bread and weak unsweetened tea. "I can't remember the last time ...

October 2001: Many people immigrated to Pakistan or other parts of the country. According to BBC 70% of people from cities of Herat and Qandahar left for Pakistan or Iran.

The wife of Salam Matftoon, a local singer, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, local sources said, in the latest in a series of killings reported ...

The death of a woman identified as Liza in Kabul has ignited widespread concern, with her family alleging she was killed after years of domestic abuse, while her husband’s family claims she died by ...

As dawn breaks, hundreds of men gather at a dusty square in Chaghcharan, the capital of Ghor province in Afghanistan. They line the roadside with weary faces, hoping someone will come along offering ...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan confirmed that at least 28 civilians were killed and 49 others injured in the strikes At least 28 civilians were killed and dozens more injured ...

An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara area of Kabul province. Health Ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman said on Saturday ...

A deadly shooting attack on civilians in western Afghanistan has left at least 11 people dead and several others wounded, highlighting ongoing security concerns in the country. The incident occurred ...

Local sources in Nuristan province say that as a result of gunfire attributed to Pakistani forces targeting a vehicle in Kamdesh district, a woman health worker and her three-year-old child have been ...

A new penal code issued by decree in Afghanistan sets harsher punishments for the mistreatment of animals than for domestic violence against women and solidifies into law inequality based on gender ...