Alem Rahmanyar is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan.
For nearly half a century, Saira, 70, has helped the region’s women and saved many lives. She is now a local legend.
A pro-government Afghan commander has been killed by a group of Taliban fighters that included his own son. Commander Baz Muhammad died just hours after telling RFE/RL about the need to end a war that pits "sons against fathers and brothers and against brothers."
Afghans recall life under the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in northern Afghanistan, where residents accuse the militants of rape, forced marriages, and using child soldiers.
Officials in northern Afghanistan say they are working to put more than 250 surrendered Islamic State (IS) fighters on trial for grave human rights abuses.
Thousands of Afghan civilians who have fled persecution by Islamic State (IS) militants in a remote province of northern Afghanistan.
Dozens of women are said to have joined the ranks of an all-female militia that arose out of necessity, when Taliban fighters stormed a local village.
An Islamic State commander in Afghanistan allegedly pressured his wife to be a suicide bomber, but instead she surrendered to police.
Frustrated by government inaction, some civilians in northern Afghanistan have taken their security into their own hands.
