Roza Otunbayeva, who heads the U.N. mission in the country, UNAMA, said Sunday the laws provided a "distressing vision" for Afghanistan's future. The Taliban on Monday rejected concerns and ...

Afghanistan is the only country in the world that explicitly bars women and girls from all levels of education, said Otunbayeva.

The meeting focused on the efforts of both sides in disseminating the Jeddah Document on Women’s Rights in Islam, which was ...

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva said. "It [will be] a fact of life and there will ...