The Afghan Centre for Human Rights calls the ban on older girls attending school a "systematic and targeted violation" of their right to quality education. Before the Taliban return, the number of ...

They have gradually erased Afghan women from public space, imposing what the United Nations has called a "gender apartheid". They outlawed the loose headscarves commonly worn by urban women.

An estimated 800,000 Afghans have already returned or been forcibly removed since 2023, 70% of them women and children. Pakistan has ramped up pressure on Afghan refugees to leave the country ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Taliban fighters stand near the closed Torkham border with Pakistan, where Pakistani and Afghan forces ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rahmani, an Afghan refugee and father of two ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Mohammad Shabir Osmani, pushes one of his families suitcases out of the Sacramento International Airport, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) ...

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Spider-Man is one of the few Marvel heroes with a supporting cast and rogues gallery wide enough to support an entire cinematic universe. Or so execs at Sony thought when they launched their ...

In the context of Afghanistan, the ongoing situation has resulted in a large number of Afghan refugees fleeing their homeland in search of safety and stability. Over the years, political ...

Pakistan has turned down a request by the Afghan Taliban to grant an extension in the stay of Afghan refugees. Kabul has been conveyed in clear terms that Islamabad will stick to its plan for ...

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