RAWA NEWS is a selection of news from Afghanistan which reflects the bitter realities of life in Afghanistan but rarely appear in the world media. The news uncover the disastrous life of Afghan women, ...

Hundreds of thousands of Afghans have left Iran over the past weeks since Tehran gave more than four million undocumented ...

Fresh violence has broken out in Khash district of Badakhshan province, where armed clashes between Taliban forces and local ...

All photos are from RAWA orphanages in Afghanistan and Pakistan ...

RAWA Responds to the Taliban Takeover It is a joke to say values like â womenâ s rightsâ , â democracyâ , â nation-buildingâ etc. were part of the US/NATO aims in Afghanistan!

KABUL, Feb 26 (AFP) - Taliban militia supreme leader Mulla Mohammad Omar on Monday issued a decree ordering the destruction of all statues in Afghanistan including ancient pre-Islamic figures.

The people of Afghanistan under Taliban rule are subjected to an extreme form of music censorship. The only musical activity permitted is the singing of certain types of religious song and Taliban ...

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Over the course of six months, photographer Kiana Hayeri and researcher Melissa Cornet created a portrait of the lives of Afghan women under the strict regime of the Taliban. In a country facing one ...

The men who stoned a couple to death in north Afghanistan will be brought to justice, say officials, after footage of the killings came to light. The man and woman were accused of adultery in the ...

When Fawzia went into labor with her fifth child, she knew something was wrong. She felt like her insides were being ripped apart by knives. She bled so much that her clothes were soaked. "I did not ...

You! Magazine highlights RAWA educational projects in a refugee camp in Peshawar (July 5, 2005) A beacon of strength (Australian Educator, Winter 2006) ...