| 1/5/2009 |
Taliban Announces New Education Bans on Women and Girls
Pamphlets distributed by the Taliban in Pakistani tribal areas bordering Afghanistan yesterday impos... |
| 12/18/2008 |
Afghan Editor Receives Courage in Journalism Award
Afghan journalist Farida Nekzad was honored by the International Women's Media Foundation with a Cou... |
| 12/3/2008 |
Arrests Made in Acid Attack on Afghan Schoolgirls
Ten Taliban insurgents have been arrested in the case of an acid attack against schoolgirls that too... |
| 11/13/2008 |
Afghan Schoolgirls Targeted in Acid Attack
A group of Afghan girls walking to school were sprayed with battery acid by two men on motorcycles W... |
| 10/23/2008 |
Support for Women's Rights May Cost Afghan Student 20 Years
Afghan student Parwez Kambakhsh has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for blasphemy, having circu... |
| 9/29/2008 |
Top Afghan Policewoman Killed by Taliban Assassins
Two Taliban gunmen shot and killed Malalai Kakar, the head of Kandahar city's department of crimes a... |
| 9/2/2008 |
Rapists Freed in Afghanistan to be Investigated
There will be a full investigation into the case of two convicted rapists who were given a pardon by... |
| 8/14/2008 |
Taliban Kill Three Women Aid Workers in Afghanistan
Taliban gunmen shot three International Rescue Committee (IRC) workers and their local driver near K... |
| 8/8/2008 |
Rape, Sex Abuse of Afghan Girls Continues
Afghan girls continue to be sexually exploited, reported the Afghan Interior Ministry Thursday. The ... |
| 8/5/2008 |
Jailed Afghan Mothers Allowed to Live With Their Children in Prison
A policy intended to fight child poverty and ensure child safety allows incarcerated Afghan women to... |
| 8/4/2008 |
First Afghan Woman Elected to CEDAW
Zohra Rasekh has been elected to the United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of D... |
| 7/21/2008 |
Need for Survival Fuels Sex Work, High Birth Rate Kills Mothers in Afghanistan
Women and young girls are being pushed to commercial sex work due to high food prices and widespread... |
| 7/16/2008 |
Two Afghan "Prostitutes" Allegedly Murdered by Taliban
Two Afghan women were killed last weekend outside Ghazni City for allegedly running a prostitution r... |
| 7/14/2008 |
Afghan Woman Athlete Seeks Political Asylum
Mehbooba Andyar, Afghan's only female athlete scheduled to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games,... |
| 7/9/2008 |
Afghan Warlords Abuse Boys
United Nations Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Radhika Coomaraswamy, took on... |
| 6/16/2008 |
Cruel Facts of Afghan Redevelopment
A meeting of international donors in Paris last week revealed many disconcerting facts related to th... |
| 6/2/2008 |
Afghan Journalism Student Allegedly Tortured
An afghan appeals court transferred journalism student Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh to a hospital for test... |
| 4/28/2008 |
Afghan Girls Missing Out on Education
Afghan girls make up only 35% of students in Afghanistan, and despite an overall increase in student... |
| 4/16/2008 |
Ten Schools in Afghanistan Attacked Since March
At least ten schools in Afghanistan have been attacked since school began on March 23. These attacks... |
| 3/12/2008 |
Woman Receives Military Honors for Tour in Afghanistan
Army Specialist Monica Lin Brown earned the prestigious Silver Star for saving the lives of her fell... |
| 2/4/2008 |
Major Report Reveals Afghanistan Faltering
The Afghan Study Group (ASG), composed of a bipartisan group of leading scholars and experts on Afgh... |
| 1/31/2008 |
Afghan Women Demonstrate Against Kidnapping of American Woman
Hundreds of Afghan women gathered Tuesday to protest the kidnapping of US aid worker Cyd Mizell. Acc... |
| 1/24/2008 |
Afghan Journalist Sentenced to Death
Sayed Parwez Kambakhsh, a 23 year old journalist in Afghanistan, was sentenced to death for distribu... |
| 12/21/2007 |
Congress Approves Funding for Programs for Afghan Women
The omnibus spending bill passed by Congress and sent to the White House yesterday includes $75,000,... |
| 12/7/2007 |
House to Investigate Afghan Maternity Hospital
The House Oversight Committee, chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), launched an investigation this w... |
