December 20, 2011Afghan girls punch their way to equalityAt Ghazi Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, Afghan girls punch their way to equality. Via:[http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/20/9582548-afghan-girls-punch-their-way-to-equality]
December 5, 2011Law protecting Afghan women has ‘long way to goAfghan authorities are failing to enforce the law to protect women from murder, beating, rape and other violence […]
December 5, 2011Afghan woman’s choice: 12 years in jail or marry her rapist and risk deathGulnaz’s plight has found international attention because of a dispute between the European Union and a team of […]
December 5, 2011Afghan gunmen poured acid on faces of three sisters and their parents because eldest ‘didn’t want to marry ageing warlord’Afghan gunmen burst into a family home – where they poured acid over the father, his wife and […]
October 13, 2011Not a Single Christian Church Left in Afghanistan, Says U.S. State DepartmentThere is not a single, public Christian church left in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. State Department. This […]
September 28, 2011Afghan women fight back, preserve sheltersIn Afghanistan, women’s groups are claiming a rare victory. Last winter, the government was planning to bring battered […]
August 12, 2011More and more Afghan women are breaking with tradition in their male-dominated society, taking jobs and participating in public affairs.More and more Afghan women are breaking with tradition in their male-dominated society, taking jobs and participating in […]
August 1, 2011In Afghanistan, Rage at Young LoversThe two teenagers met inside an ice cream factory through darting glances before roll call, murmured hellos as […]
July 20, 2011Afghan Women Fight Back Against HarassmentWhile many Afghan women have to fight against the misogynistic traditions and values held in their families in […]
June 23, 2011A weak America roars but retreats when the going gets toughIn the Financial Times, Ayaan writes about proposals to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan, writing we’re perceived as […]
April 4, 2011Inside the Massacre at Afghan CompoundOfficials are painting the weekend killings at the United Nations mission in northern Afghanistan’s largest city–which sparked cascading […]
April 1, 2011Afghanistan: United Nations workers beheaded in attack on compoundEight foreign employees of the United Nations in Afghanistan have been killed after protesters overran their compound in […]
February 23, 2011Pressure Increases for Release of Afghan Aid Worker Arrested for Being ChristianPressure is mounting for the release of an Afghan Red Cross worker who was arrested last summer for […]
February 16, 2011Afghan Government Control of Women’s Shelters Worries AdvocatesThe Afghan government says it plans to take control of women’s shelters — a move strongly opposed by […]
January 27, 2011Taliban stones woman for fleeing arranged marriage – The Daily Mail UKVideo has emerged of a 19-year-old girl being stoned to death by the Taliban for running away from […]
January 18, 2011Preparing to fight: Young Afghan women at boxing training session in KabulYoung Afghan women are taking part of boxing training session in Kabul to participate in the 2012 London […]
January 3, 2011Kabul women-only park reopens thanks to USAID� A women-only park that was closed under Taliban rule and turned into a garbage dump has new […]
January 3, 2011Afghan women speak out on abuse from behind maskIn a CNN report, Afghan women speak out on abuse from behind mask. via:[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/01/03/afghanistan.mask/?hpt=C1]
August 25, 2010Officials: Schoolgirls, teachers sick from poison gasIn Afghanistan, Dozens of schoolgirls and teachers have been sickened by poison gas in Afghanistan, medical and government […]
July 29, 2010The Plight of Afghan Women: A Disturbing PictureAisha, a shy 18-year-old Afghan woman who was sentenced by a Taliban commander to have her nose and […]