The Taliban’s new 90-page criminal code introduces class-based justice, weak penalties for abuse and repeals Afghanistan’s ...

The Taliban has passed a law that allows men to beat their wives as long as it does not cause “broken bones or open wounds”.

Bahrain, Israel and Jordan are the only countries in the region that do not outlaw homosexuality. Even in these countries, police protections offered to sexual minorities are minimal and vigilante ...

Afghanistan’s new laws, signed by the Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, give animals ‘more rights’ than women as they legalise domestic violence.

A new penal code has been published by Taliban leaders in Afghanistan, which will legalise acts of physical punishment against women.

Federal policy changes and heated rhetoric have added to pressures on Afghan immigrants plunged into the U.S.'s vastly ...

A good heart these days is hard to find, and never more so than in the middle of a war zone. Written and directed by ...

There are many Afghan allies whose heroism saved American lives and enabled U.S. successes over nearly two decades of war. Among them is a small group of women from the Female Tactical Platoon.

The most worrisome flash point in South Asia today lies not between the nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan but to the west, along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. A simmering conflict ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — Heavy snow and rainfall over the past three days have killed more than 60 people and injured over 100 across Afghanistan, the country's disaster management authority said Saturday ...