A 13-year-old girl who had been abducted from central Parwan province has been found in central Panjshir province nearly a year and a half later. A man and his wife have been arrested in connection with the abduction.
A female school student has established a rug-weaving workshop in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province and employed 70 female workers. The workshop’s owner says her aim is to support women and provide them with employment opportunities…
A girl threw hersefl from the ninth floor of a building in the 10th security district of Kabul city, but she survived and is currently hospitalized. A resident of the area, who declined to be named, told Pajhwok…
A 17-year-old girl has committed suicide in the Miramor district of central Daikundi province, police official said on Tuesday. Police spokesman Ghulam Ali Javed confirmed the incident and said that their team had launched investigation and the motive…
A 15-year-old girl has committed suicide by hanging herself to death in the Shahristan district of central Daikundi province, police said on Sunday. Police spokesman Ghulam Ali Javed told Pajhwok Afghan News the teenage girl. Fatima, took her…
A 16-year-old girl has committed suicide while three people have been killed in traffic accidents in southwestern Nimroz province, sources said on Friday. A well-placed source told Pajhwok Afghan News that a 16-year-old girls committed suicide by hanging…
The Ministry of Vice and Virtue rescued a nine-year-old girl from being sold by her father to repay a loan in eastern Nangarhar province by paying the loan to the lender. The ministry warned both parties in such…
A girl allegedly committed suicide and separately six people were wounded in an accident in northern Faryab province, an official said on Wednesday. Information and Culture Director MawlaviShamsullah Mohammadi told Pajhwok Afghan News the 18-year-old girl committed suicide…
A 17-year-old girl accidently shot herself while taking a selfie picture with a loaded pistol, security officials said on Sunday. Police Spokesperson Abdul Mobin Safi confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan News the girl allegedly accidently pulled the trigger and…
SHARAN (PAN): Local officials in southeastern Paktika province on Saturday said a girl was rescued from her kidnappers in the province. Paktika deputy police chief Mullah Javed Badri told Pajhwok Afghan News that the girl was kidnapped from Toda Chin…
Police detained four persons and foiled an attempt to sell off a 10 year-old girl for marriage in Miramor district of central Daikundi province, local officials said on Sunday. Abdul Qadir, chief of Miramor district, told Pajhwok Afghan…
The Taliban province, an official said on Thursday. Provincial police chief Brig. Gen. Ziaul Haq Khushnood told Pajhwok Afghan News the girl was punished in the Khursang area of Shahrak district. Another security sources revealed the 18-year-old had…
She was 12 years old when her step-father raped her and was married to a man when she was 16 and her husband has been treating her not as a wife but as a slave after knowing about…
A 17-year-old girl has been shot dead by her fiancé in northern Takhar province, officials said on Sunday. Provincial police spokesman Maj. Khalil Aseer told Pajhwok Afghan News the girl, Zahira, was shot dead by her fiancé Naqibullah…
A father gunned down his daughter over alleged illicit relationship with a man in the Qadis district of northwestern Badghis province, an official said on Thursday. The girl was killed over the suspicion of having illicit relationship with…
A 19 year-old-girl has committed suicide by hanging herself to death to avoid forced marriage and family violence in Sancharak district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Monday. The governor’s spokesman, Zabihullah Amani, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Three insurgents were killed and four wounded during a clash with a pro-government militia in northern Faryab province where a 19-year-old girl hanged herself to death, officials said on Monday. Col. Mir Amanullah, deputy provincial police chief, told…
“Buy pen, buy pen,” shouts a little girl as she wanders the streets of central capital Kabul keeping aside her school bag. The 11-year-old says “I hate guns.” Ayesha, standing beside a fence at Park Zarnigar in Kabul,…
