Inclusion of women in society indicates stability, and a stable Afghanistan will lead to greater international securi

For more than 30 years, Afghans have been living in a state of war and yearn for stability and peace.

Afghan women continue to face serious threats and injustice despite massive efforts at both a countrywide and int

In a grainy video that shocked viewers around the world, a young woman named Najiba shrouded in a gray shawl sits alo

When rich countries like the U.S., Japan, and NATO nations get together periodically to discuss the future of develop

Amnesty International issued an open letter to President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai at their &quo

With the US and NATO planning the departure of their forces from Afghanistan by December 2014, some Afghan women and

Every morning in this mountain village in eastern Afghanistan, four dozen girls sneak through a square opening in a m

Over the course of a decade and through the administrations of two presidents of different political parties, the Uni

Just 15 years old, Sahar Gul has become the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan.

Afghan women want peace, but not at the cost of losing all they have gained in the last 10 years.

Afghanistan still has a long way to go before women in the country are fully protected under the two-year-old Elimina

On December 5, the international community will gather with Afghan leaders in Bonn, Germany's picturesque Cold War-er

On October 31, 2000, the UN Security Council (UNSC) unanimously passed resolution 1325.

In its statement to the world, the Norwegian Nobel Committee honored women warriors battling for peace and said it ho

The 10th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan falls in the first week of October, but it will attract a fractio

On 5 December, on the tenth anniversary of the Bonn Agreement, Germany will host the Bonn II conference.

After the US killing of Osama bin Laden on May 1, the organization Women for Afghan Women reported an eerie quiet in