Afghanistan

An Afghan cyclist who previously disguised herself as a man to train safely in her home country has won a silver medal at the Asian Games.

River Ahmad became the first Afghan woman to summit Mount Everest last month, an achievement she hopes will bring attention to the plight of Afghan women and girls. 

Literary icon Margaret Atwood has written a powerful resistance letter to Afghan women: “Document what is happening” 

In remote Afghanistan, life-saving CARE clinics and midwives protect young mothers and newborns from preventable maternal deaths.

I come to Australia not only to speak about women in Afghanistan, but to recognise the courage of those who still care, writes Dr Sima Samar.

The FIFA-backed Afghan Women’s Refugee Team is about to fly out to Dubai for its first chance of international football for four years.

Afghan women and girls are bearing some of the heaviest burdens of a deadly 6.0 magnitude in the country’s eastern provinces on Sunday.

It has now been four years since the Taliban took over Afghanistan. UN Women says women are being erased in a human rights crisis.

The UN Women Gender Index for Afghanistan is a sobering reminder of how devastating the consequences are when women are systematically excluded.

While all eyes are on the Middle East amid conflict between Iran and Israel, burgeoning humanitarian crises fly under the radar.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Taliban leaders, accusing them of persecuting women in Afghanistan since 2021. 

The International Cricket Council announced a monetary fund and task force last week to support the exiled Afghan women’s cricket team.