The United States says the extremist group Islamic State (IS) continues to damage religious freedom by targeting members of multiple religions and ethnicities for rape, kidnapping, enslavement, and death.
Rizwana Hameed made history a month ago when she became the first female head of a male police station in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where conservative cultural and religious traditions often discourage women from working outside their homes. VOA's Ayaz Gul reports Peshawar Pakistan.
A 10-year-old Afghan migrant with a flair for art has become a media star in Serbia, and has now staged his first exhibition -- to raise money for a Serbian child with brain cancer. (RFE/RL's Balkan Service)
In Afghanistan's northern Balkh Province, ethnic Turkmen kids attend class every day in a small tent -- the only school available in their area. Some teachers have faced threats from violent extremists, but they remain committed to educating the next generation. (RFE/RL's Turkmen Service)
The Pakistani Taliban appears to have followed suit with Islamic State and other radical militants, launching an English-language magazine for women.
The Afghan capital city, Kabul, once housed just a few hundred thousand residents in the scenic shadow of the Hindu Kush Mountains.
A U.S. government watchdog says Afghan security forces continue to commit sexual abuses against children.
High in Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush Mountains, drug addiction has turned into a survival strategy for an impoverished community in an isolated alpine village.
RFE/RL’s Gandhara website has obtained some details of the gruesome murder of a 12-year-old girl killed over maligning her family’s honor by reportedly eloping with a young man last month.
Lanny Cordola has played guitar with the likes of Slash from Guns n' Roses, but he has found a new group to jam with in Kabul, as he tries to help Afghan girls suffering from tragedy and poverty. (RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan)
Shaesta Waiz, a 29-year-old Afghan-American pilot, is flying around the world in her single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza A36.
An Afghan group is seeking to end long-held taboos in society and restore a basic right to women -- for them to be identified by their own names.
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