KABUL, Afghanistan, November 14 (UNHCR) - The final results of Afghanistan's landmark parliamentary elections were only declared on Sunday, after several delays, but Shinkai Karokhail was already at ...

In this, the first of our Letters from Afghan Women, one writer believes she will stand, fight and build a brighter, more progressive Afghanistan ...

The entrepreneur Roya Mahboob is building off-line apps, underground networks and a global robotics team to educate Afghan girls unable to attend school.

For co-captain and defender Mursal Sadat, the newly branded Afghan Women United football team's comeback is all about hope.The team played for the first time in four years at last month's FIFA Unites ...

In 1979, Russia, as the Soviet Union, invaded Afghanistan, unleashing a decade of violence with lasting repercussions, including the mass displacement of millions of Afghans. Arguably, the creation of ...

BBC Chief Correspondent and acclaimed Canadian journalist, Lyse Doucet, explores five decades of Afghanistan’s turbulent ...

QUETTA, Pakistan, October 5 (UNHCR) - Lynda Lim has worked with refugees in her native Malaysia. Currently a community services officer with UNHCR in the city of Quetta in south-west Pakistan's ...

Among Afghans, there is a saying: “A woman can only be defeated by a woman.” In today’s Afghanistan, this expression takes on a painfully literal meaning. With women and girls barred from schools, ...

Showcase winner at the Vancouver International Film Festival, will be landing on the National Film Board (NFB) website for ...

Roya Karimi is getting ready to compete in the world bodybuilding championships, 15 years after fleeing Afghanistan.