As the current academic year nears an end and annual school exams begin, many schoolgirls plead for the reopening of.

Schoolgirls call for return to classrooms as current academic year ends

Taliban have intensified their public floggings, with cases rising by 40 percent over the past two weeks compared to the previous.

Taliban public floggings surge by 40 percent in two weeks

Kochis in western Afghanistan face economic hardships as winter nears

Rubio, Taliban critic, tapped as secretary of state in Trump’s new cabinet

Rubio, Taliban critic, tapped as secretary of state in Trump’s new cabinet

Taliban’s morality police arrest eight, including woman, in Logar

Taliban’s morality police arrest eight, including woman, in Logar

Afghan women, barred from education, seek to leave the country