Students at the American University of Afghanistan in Qatar fear having to return to their Taliban-ruled homeland after aid ...

The Taliban leader said Sunday there was no need for Western laws in Afghanistan and that democracy was dead as long as ...

As the March 31 deadline set by the government to repatriate all illegal foreigners approaches, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the repatriation process ...

The first time he flew his cargo plane through the clouds over his hometown of Kabul, Tauheed Khan swelled with pride.

In return for the release of an American, the U.S. dropped bounties on three top-level Taliban officials, including ...

Balochistan and East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) do share some commonalities, such as being part of larger political entities – ...

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Geneva/New York — New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveal limited progress in achieving gender equality in political leadership at the start of 2025, the year which marks ...

A village council head from a village in Alwar district of Rajasthan in India attends a meeting organized by UN Women’s partner The Hunger Project, to develop her leadership skills. Women get together ...

The top UN envoy for Afghanistan on Monday underscored the need for realistic engagement with the country as humanitarian and human rights crises deepen amid growing international isolation. Briefing ...