Twelve years after she was evacuated out of Pakistan as a badly wounded schoolgirl, Malala Yousafzai has returned to her home country at a critical time for girls' education. "For her, it is a ...

A Taliban official, Sher Abbas Stanikzai, has advocated that women and girls deserve to have an education, and calls for ...

The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor on Thursday said he was seeking arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders ...

It comes days after Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders to support a right to education for women and girls living under ...

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no ...

As reported by Arshad Mehmood, Stanikzai’s bold appeal is the first public challenge from a senior Taliban leader against the ...

Stanikzai voiced his frustration with the sweeping education bans, condemning the restrictions as both unjust and un-Islamic.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Taliban officials for alleged gender-based crimes, as ...

A winter drought is ravaging crops in Pakistan's breadbasket, farmers said Thursday, with the region parched by a 40 percent drop in rainfall. Sindh, Pakistan's most urbanised province located in ...

A top Taliban commander has called on the group's leader to lift the prohibition on Afghan women and girls attending school, ...

The Norwegian Refugee Council reported that Iran plans to expel up to 2 million Afghan refugees by March, while at least ...

"I'm truly honoured, overwhelmed and happy to be back in Pakistan," Malala told AFP upon arrival. Ahead of the event, Malala had posted on X that she would be speaking about "protecting rights for ...