As the world’s focus has shifted to other regions and conflicts — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war — the ...

This story appears in the December 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Twenty-five years ago an Afghan girl with green eyes haunted the cover of National Geographic. She became the iconic ...

The Taliban did not immediately comment on Pakistani assertions that they would let Afghan girls pursue higher education ... Since sweeping back to power 3½ years ago, the Taliban have instituted ...

Since they took back control of the country in 2021 ... “It is a travesty and tragedy that millions of Afghan girls have been stripped of their right to education.” Afghanistan is the only ...