Manoozh Noori said she "wanted to die" when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021.Noori had defied family pressure to represent Afghanistan professionally by playing for the country's ...

The Afghan Women's Refugee Team played their first international match in a FIFA tournament in Morocco, a significant ...

Their return to compete after the Taliban banned all sports for women and girls is a true victory for human rights.

Afghan women marked a historic return to international football, participating in a FIFA-organized tournament in Morocco ...

Afghanistan women’s refugee team played their first match in a FIFA-organised four-team friendly competition in Morocco.

(CNN) — Malala Yousafzai has never stopped fighting for the rights of women, even after it almost cost the Nobel-Prize-winning activist her life. “They can definitely find opportunities for these ...

PARIS, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Afghan B-Girl Manizha Talash, a member of the refugee Olympic team at the Paris Games, was disqualified after displaying the words "Free Afghan Women" on her cape during her ...

Jonathan Trott, Afghanistan's cricket coach, is set to leave after the 2026 T20 World Cup. Appointed in 2022, Trott led Afghanistan to new heights, including a semi-final appearance in the 2024 T20 ...

PARIS — Manizha Talash, perhaps the unlikeliest 2024 Olympian, skipped onstage at the inaugural Olympic breaking (breakdancing) competition with a defiant message that ran afoul of rules restricting ...

Doncaster, England (CNN) — Five young women are staring anxiously at a laptop. This is the call they’ve long been waiting for. A flurry of mixed emotions takes over as they each learn they have been ...

The Afghanistan Cricket Board reported that eight local players were killed in air raids launched by the Pakistani army in Paktika Province.