Penalties are harsher for mistreating animals than women. Five months in prison is the punishment for anyone having animals or birds fight. Animal and bird fighting, particularly cockfights and fights ...

RAWA NEWS is a selection of news from Afghanistan which reflects the bitter realities of life in Afghanistan but rarely appear in the world media. The news uncover the disastrous life of Afghan women, ...

An undercover documentary film about the Taleban movement in Afghanistan has shown shocking footage of mass executions, and an insight into the oppression suffered by Afghan women. Dressed in an ...

RAWA, La Asociación Revolucionaria de Mujeres de Afganistán, se formó en Kabul, Afganistán, en el año 1977, como una organización política independiente de mujeres afganas en lucha por los derechos ...

RAWA, Association Révolutionnaire des Femmes Afghanes, a été fondée à Kaboul, Afghanistan, en 1977. Il s'agit d'une organisation apolitique de femmes afghanes luttant pour les droits de l'homme et la ...

Local sources in Takhar’s Chah Ab district say that Farkhunda, a 17-year-old girl who married the son of a powerful local figure about a month and a half ago, has been killed under suspicious ...

Over the course of six months, photographer Kiana Hayeri and researcher Melissa Cornet created a portrait of the lives of Afghan women under the strict regime of the Taliban. In a country facing one ...

In the annual report of the research, dated December 31, 2025, it was noted that after Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan, Haiti, and Burundi had the lowest ratings regarding women's safety and their rights.

Afghanistan has pulled out of an upcoming cricket series after three players in a local tournament were killed in an air strike it blamed Pakistan for. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said it ...

In a renewed and intensified assault on women's freedoms, the Taliban has launched a wave of arbitrary arrests across Afghanistan, targeting women and girls accused of violating the group’s extreme ...

RAWA statement on the fourth cursed anniversary of the installation of the Taliban medieval emirate over Kabul ...

From the U.S. military intervention launched under the banner of democracy and human rights to restored warlords and the resuscitated Taliban regime, Afghan women have never stopped fighting for their ...