Hundreds of thousands of Afghans have left Iran over the past weeks since Tehran gave more than four million undocumented ...

Fresh violence has broken out in Khash district of Badakhshan province, where armed clashes between Taliban forces and local ...

Local sources in Helmand say that a 45-year-old man, who already has two other wives, has married a 6-year-old girl. A photo ...

RAWA NEWS is a selection of news from Afghanistan which reflects the bitter realities of life in Afghanistan but rarely appear in the world media. The news uncover the disastrous life of Afghan women, ...

A corner of the Daralaman palace. The Daralaman palace has attracted many journalists and foreigners as a symbol of the destruction of Kabul. This was particularly the case during the beginning of the ...

After our conversation, Hayeri is joining the celebrations in Damascus for the 14th anniversary of the Syrian revolution, where military helicopters will drop flowers and confetti—a reminder that ...

The body of an 8-year-old girl who had been missing for three days was recovered in the Bhana Mari area here, police informed on Monday. Police said, the girl’s body was discovered at the home of a ...

RAWA Responds to the Taliban Takeover It is a joke to say values like â womenâ s rightsâ , â democracyâ , â nation-buildingâ etc. were part of the US/NATO aims in Afghanistan!

HERAT, Afghanistan — Amid the bustle of beggars and patients outside the crowded hospital here, there are sellers and buyers, casting wary eyes at one another: The poor, seeking cash for their vital ...

Over the course of six months, photographer Kiana Hayeri and researcher Melissa Cornet created a portrait of the lives of Afghan women under the strict regime of the Taliban. In a country facing one ...

Afghanistan is at risk of a polio outbreak, health officials have warned, after the Taliban suspended the vaccination campaign over security fears and restrictions on women. The World Health ...

At least 10 people were killed in Afghanistan’s Baghlan province when a gunman opened fire on Sufis participating in a weekly ritual at a local shrine, the country’s interior ministry said on Friday.