Pakistan begins mass deportation of Afghan refugees
The Pakistani government gave 1.7 million Afghan refugees living in the country until Nov. 1 to leave voluntarily or face arrest and forced deportation.
U.S. provides $12 million in aid for Afghan earthquake relief
The United States is providing $12 million in "immediate humanitarian assistance" for Afghanistan following multiple devastating earthquakes that killed nearly 1,200 people and leveled villages.
Race to find survivors after devastating earthquakes hit Afghanistan
More than 2,000 people were killed by powerful earthquakes in Afghanistan's western Herat region, but the toll is likely to rise.
Pakistan's plan to expel thousands of Afghans spurs fear, condemnation
Afghan's Taliban regime has decried Pakistan's plan to deport "illegal alien nationals," and the U.N. says, "any refugee return must be voluntary."
American woman said to be among 18 aid workers detained in Afghanistan
A regional official tells CBS News the aid workers were arrested for "promoting Christianity," but the nonprofit group involved says it's received no information.
Afghan women reflect on 2 years of Taliban rule
Since returning to power, the Taliban have introduced several severe restrictions on women's and girls' rights and freedom, including closing schools and universities and limiting employment opportunities.
U.S. pushes Taliban on human rights 2 years after Afghan takeover
Afghan women's rights activists blasted the U.S. delegation for even meeting Taliban officials, demanding that the U.S. not "compromise our rights."
Taliban orders beauty salons to close in latest blow for Afghan women
Women who work in Afghanistan's salons say thousands more are about to be forced out of work by the latest Taliban decree.
Dozens of girls poisoned at 2 schools in Afghanistan, officials say
Local officials said almost 80 elementary schoolers, along with a handful of teachers and a parent, were affected in the latest mass-poisoning of Afghan children.
U.N. calls on Taliban regime to halt executions in Afghanistan
The Taliban says 175 people have been sentenced to death since it took back control of the country, as public, corporal punishment makes a violent return.
Protests as U.N. hosts meeting on "how to engage with the Taliban"
Many Afghan women worry the Doha meeting could lead to something they vehemently oppose, official recognition of the Taliban as Afghanistan's government.
Taliban bars Afghan women from working for the U.N.
The latest step in the Taliban's systematic obliteration of women's rights will also be a major blow to the humanitarian aid work millions of Afghans rely on.
6 killed in latest suicide attack aimed at Afghanistan's Taliban rulers
A suicide bomber was spotted and killed as he approached a checkpoint near the foreign ministry in Kabul, but his bomb still went off in the heart of the capital.
Thousands of Afghans still stuck in UAE camp "like a prison," HRW says
Between 2,400 and 2,700 Afghans hoping to resettle in the West have been stuck in the "Emirates Humanitarian City" for more than 15 months, the report says.
U.N. women press Taliban on rights, but visit marred by "a mistake"
Two senior, Muslim women from the global body visited Afghanistan to push the hardline group to restore women's rights. Not everyone they met was willing to engage.