KABUL, March 20 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Education of Afghanistan's interim government on Thursday started the new academic year as millions of Afghan students headed to schools without girls ...

Although Afghan women and girls have made strides in education, the economy, health care, politics, and broader civil society since the 2001 U.S.-led intervention, these advances remain fragile.

Life for Afghan girls and women had transformed after two decades of an American-backed government, especially in Kabul and other cities. Afghan society remained deeply conservative — to the degree ...

New school year restrictions for girls Afghanistan's new school year has begun under a restrictive policy that prohibits ...

The Italian government announced on Thursday that Sharbat Gula, who in 1985 gained worldwide fame as the green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' image by photojournalist Steve McCurry, is in Rome being evacuated ...