RFE/RL's Radio Azadi is one of the most popular and trusted media outlets in Afghanistan. Nearly half of the country's adult audience accesses Azadi's reporting on a weekly basis.
Several dozen women's rights activists have protested a Taliban order making it mandatory for women to wear the all-covering burqa, including face veils, when they are in public.
Afghanistan's Taliban authorities have ordered all women to cover their faces, the latest in a series of restrictions that have drawn criticism from many Afghans and the international community.
Tolo's sister television networks made their mark on the Afghan media scene with a diverse line-up of hard-hitting news and cutting-edge entertainment options. But as Afghans tune in on World Press Freedom Day, they won't be getting the full picture.
The leader of Kabul's Khalifa Sahib Mosque, which was targeted by an apparent suicide bombing on April 29 as worshipers gathered, has claimed that more than 50 people died in the attack.
At least 10 people died on April 29 in a bomb blast at a mosque in Kabul, said a spokesman for the Taliban-led government police force.
The supreme leader of Afghanistan's Taliban has called again on the international community to recognize the government of the radical militant group that swept to power in August amid the withdrawal of the U.S.-led international forces.
An explosion at a mosque and religious school in northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz region during Friday Prayers has killed at least 33 people, a Taliban official said on April 22.
A series of explosions killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more in Afghanistan on April 21.
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have banned the social media application TikTok and popular online game PUBG, saying the move is aimed to protect younger generations from a bad influence.
A roadside blast in Kabul has injured at least two children, the fifth explosion this week in the Afghan capital.
At least six people were killed and 11 wounded in three blasts that rocked a boys' school in a Shi'ite Hazara neighborhood of Kabul on April 19, police in the Afghan capital said.
Afghan farmers were upset when the Taliban banned opium cultivation this month and experts say the Taliban's cash-strapped, pariah government is unlikely to provide alternative livelihoods for the farmers.
Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned a top Afghan Embassy official to protest violence against Iranian diplomatic posts that were targeted by protesters angered over social media videos.
The Taliban has taken a hard line in tackling Afghanistan’s massive drug problem, rounding up addicts and locking them up as a form of treatment. But critics say the cold turkey approach is cruel and ineffective as addicts find themselves back on the streets soon after their forced detox is over.
The Taliban's control over Afghan society has limited the ability of women to travel. Women's rights activist Ogai Amil told an RFE/RL's Radio Azadi call-in show on March 31 that due to new rules, bus and taxi drivers often refuse to take individual female clients.
Qamar Niazi, a teacher from Helmand Province, called RFE/RL's Radio Azadi to express her distress with the Taliban decision to shut secondary girls' schools in Afghanistan just hours after they reopened on March 23.
Dozens of teachers, students, and women's rights activists rallied in Kabul on March 26 against a ban on girls attending school beyond the sixth grade.
A staggering 95 percent of people are going hungry in Afghanistan, which is mired in the world's worst humanitarian crisis. Households headed by women are especially vulnerable, including the country's estimated 2 million widows.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has met with members of the Taliban-led government in Kabul after arriving on March 24 ahead of a meeting of Afghanistan's neighbors next week that will be hosted by Beijing.
The Taliban has ordered secondary girls' schools in Afghanistan to shut just hours after they reopened, sending many home disappointed. Safa, a nineth-grade student, called RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi from Kabul on March 23 and described how it felt.
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