A Leap at Freedom for Afghan Wives
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Three years after the fall of the Taliban, women remain subject to many legal, religious and cultural restrictions and domestic violence is endemic.
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KARABAGH, Afghanistan -- When Mahmad Naib ventured back to his village north of Kabul after U.S. warplanes and Afghan fighters drove out the Taliban militia in November 2001, he found little but scorched earth. The grapevines were dead, the houses looted, the mosque in ruins and the magnificent...
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HERAT, Afghanistan -- All evening, crowds of followers came and went through the vast, manicured gardens of ''emir sahib,&quot; Ismail Khan. The women sat in a circle, weeping and waiting for their snowy-bearded leader to emerge. The men sat in long, quiet rows under a huge arbor of grapevines.
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On Saturday, the Afghan people took another step toward lasting peace and prosperity while dealing a blow to terrorism. Afghan women and men turned out in massive numbers to participate in
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Shamila Kohestani, the captain of the Afghanistan national womenâs soccer team who was deprived an education for much of her childhood, is now growing as a student in America.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan&#39;s government said Tuesday that progress had been made towards freeing three
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KARZAI: I met with her this morning. I found her to be a very, very brave woman with a clear vision for her own country, for Afghanistan, and for (inaudible) and we in Afghanistan condemn this cowardice and immense brutality in the strongest possible terms.
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NI woman Annetta Flanigan held hostage in Afghanistan for 27 days is on her way to be reunited with her family.
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Five years after U.S. forces launched their offensive to oust Afghanistan's Taliban, Shakeela Jan says she is happy to have the freedom to work but that she travels to her job every day in fear.
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WANA (South Waziristan): As the crusade against al-Qaeda militants got stepped-up in the tribal belt of Pakistan to put in cage Abdullah Mehsud, the ringleader of Chinese engineersâ captivity, dozens of families left their mountainous abode near the
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After decades of rule by the bullet instead of the ballot box, war-weary Afghans could not hide their delight as they got the chance to vote in elections they hope will end years of conflict.
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First female leader of a Muslim country in modern times had envisioned a democratic, moderate future
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Across the Middle East, many people are forced to put off marriage, the gateway to independence. In their frustration they turn to religion for solace.
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If only the United States would show as much faith in Afghanistan as the people who voted in that country&#39;s first presidential election.
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The election for president in Afghanistan may have brought us one small step closer to worldwide democracy. At least the people there left no doubt that they wanted to vote.
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A final batch of prisoners who fought with the Taleban head home to Pakistan after being released in Kabul.
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In Afghanistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, bridegrooms are expected to pay for their weddings, including money for the brideâs family.