Two weeks after being pardoned by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Gulnaz, who was convicted of adultery after being raped, has been released from jail. It was initially reported that Gulnaz would have ...

An Afghan judge on Sunday sentenced seven men to death for the gang-rape of four women in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and highlighted the violence women face despite reforms since the ...

An Afghan appeals court has overturned death sentences against two men in a gang-rape case while upholding death sentences against five others. Judge Sediqullah Haqiq on September 15 ruled there was ...

The multiple rape and robbery was so audacious and brutal it sent shock waves throughout a country accustomed to violence against women. At least 10 men, wearing police uniforms, stopped a convoy of ...

A video of an Afghan lawmaker purportedly threatening to cut off a reporter’s nose after she asked his views on marital rape has gone viral and sparked widespread condemnation online. The clip, which ...