In Afghanistan, 21 million women and girls are systemically excluded from public life as the result a of a number of legislative actions. Since 2021, girls have been banned from education from the age ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday appealed for dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan amid border clashes and deadly airstrikes, while condemning ever harsher “apartheid” edicts issued ...

By Daniel JohnsonUN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday appealed for dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan amid ...

Afghanistan is a graveyard for human rights. The cascade of edicts and laws announced by the de facto authorities since coming to power in 2021 is having a crushing impact on the Afghan people, ...

A triumph in indoor soccer has turned Alireza Ahmadi, 17, and other players from the Hazara minority, long marginalized in Afghanistan, into national heroes.

As Italy cracks down on migration, Milan takes a different path — offering shelter and integration to asylum seekers even as the central government tightens borders and funds deterrence abroad.

Delaware County hosted its third annual Celebration of Black History on Thursday at the Towne House in Media to highlight the contributions of Black Americans who served in the military. “From Bronze ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has strongly condemned the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan over a new decree that effectively expands and legitimises the use of violence ...

Pakistan’s military has struck deeper into Afghanistan as border fighting intensifies and both sides claimed to have inflicted heavy losses.

The renewed violence between the neighboring countries stems from Pakistan’s accusations that Afghanistan’s Taliban government has harbored a militant group.

Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged border, with ...

Taliban fighters look up while manning an armed pickup truck at the Afghan side of the Ghulam Khan crossing with Pakistan in Khost province, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Saifullah ...