The appeal by UNICEF comes as a new school year began in Afghanistan without girls beyond sixth grade. The ban, said the ...

Afghanistan Women's National Team (AWNT) players in exile called on athletes worldwide to stand in solidarity with them as they fight for their right to compete after being excluded from World Cup ...

The U.N. Security Council is telling Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers that peace and prosperity are “unattainable” until they ...

And I’m saying, please help us. Help the Afghan girls to get their education, because I’m sure that everyone agrees that this is a fantastic way of doing something.” The movie, a harrowing tale and a ...

operates from France and broadcasts programs that cover the Afghan school curriculum from seventh to 12th grade. The Taliban have banned education for women and girls in the country beyond grade six.

Pure, unbridled and well-deserved joy practically leaps off the page in this winning Photo of the Week. It was captured by FLORIDA TODAY's Craig Bailey after the Palm Bay High School girls ...

Another set of images shows her modeling a similar rouge-colored design that features a sexy low-cut crisscross design. Collaborating with Poster Girl founders Francesca Capper and Natasha ...

(Elías Valverde II / Staff Photographer) When former Afghan diplomat Farima Nawabi spoke ... “That really impacted me as a young girl.” They will deliver speeches to nongovernmental ...

Michelle Trachtenberg starred in “Harriet the Spy” at just 10 years old, and went on to appear in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Gossip Girl,” “Ice Princess” and “Eurotrip.” ...

According to estimates from UN Women, 30 percent of all Afghan girls have never been to primary school. The removal of women and girls from educational facilities is linked with a 45 percent increase ...

“This is the responsibility of the international community to ensure that the rights of Afghan women and girls are restored without any delay,” Jaberian said. No country has yet formally ...