Sima Samar, a former minister of women’s affairs, urges international pressure to allow all girls to attend secondary school and university and ensure human rights

'I am not only teaching them school subjects, but also trying to teach them how to fight and stand for their rights,' one underground teacher says

Washington and Taliban trade accusations of violating 2020 Doha Agreement on US pullout; Blinken says al-Zawahiri's presence breaks Kabul's commitment to not harbor terrorists

US officials built a scale model of the safe house where Ayman al-Zawahiri had been located, aiming a tailored airstrike at the home's balcony where they learned he enjoyed sitting

Watchdog says Afghan rulers decimated protections for those facing domestic violence, detained women and girls for minor violations and contributed to a surge in child marriages

Incident takes place in the Milak border area with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan; no clashes were reported in the area

International assistance hampered amid shunning of Taliban rulers following their takeover last year; UN rescuers striving to reach disaster-hit areas

Visiting Kabul, human rights observer Richard Bennett says Taliban instigating policies of 'absolute gender segregation'

Male presenters wear black masks on air in protest of Taliban's order forcing woman to cover faces on television

UN welcomes news, saying it's 'crucial that every young person has equal access to education'