When the Taliban marched into Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, Nazifa Safie and Safieullah Safie knew they had to evacuate their home country. And they had to move quickly. They had both worked in ...

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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to present this testimony on the critical issue of religious freedom in Afghanistan. The human rights of religious minorities and others who do not conform ...

Decades-old Soviet BTRs are still being deployed in Ukraine, proving their durability and flaws in modern warfare. How have they evolved, and why are they still in action? $15M reward announced ...

Under the Taliban, Afghan women can't study at universities or work in most jobs. But 22-year-old Zahra Ali has created a small business that brings in an income and provides a much-needed ...

Young, urban women in Afghanistan are increasingly ditching the all-enveloping blue burqa with a face mesh that has become a symbol of the Taliban's oppression of women. Since their return to ...

Jeanne Shaheen, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's ranking Democrat, wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday urging him to accelerate the immigration process for Afghan Special ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Rahmani, an Afghan refugee and father of two, plays with his daughter at the apartment where they were ...

LAUREL, Md. — The rent is due, but Rahmani has no money to pay it. The Afghan father of two worked for a U.S.-backed organization in Kabul, which put him at risk of Taliban retribution.

Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Donated clothes are organized and hung at the Lutheran Social Services National Capital Area Resource Center in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, March 6, ...

Two-thirds of its clients are Afghan allies, who were offered visas and protection in the United States after the Taliban returned to power. These Afghans worked alongside U.S. troops or ...

Rahmani, who has been experiencing anxiety and depression since the Trump administration cut federal funding for refugee programs, rubs his eyes while sitting in his apartment in Laurel, Md ...