Their team shirts didn't say "Afghanistan" and their name badges were handwritten, not typed, suggesting the last-minute nature of their entry into the United States. But the Afghan girls competing ...

In the sweltering heat of Kabul, a group of young women, who have been barred from higher education for the past three years, gather in one of their homes to work on a new project. Calling themselves ...

Afghanistan is the only country in the world that bans girls from attending school beyond the primary level. Education advocate Somaya Faruqi is working with Education Cannot Wait and UNICEF to ...

This week America's longest war made headlines in two very different places. At the White House, President Donald Trump gathered a group of US service members in the Roosevelt Room to talk about the ...