Meanwhile, the Afghan B-Girl told reporters: "If I'd stayed in Afghanistan, I don't think I'd exist. They'd execute me or stone me to death." The Paris Games mark the third Olympic edition ...

She was just 12 years old when she was told she could no longer go to school like boys ... as well as endorsing the enforced wearing of the hijab. The Afghan Centre for Human Rights calls the ban on ...

She was just 12 years old when she was told she ... the enforced wearing of the hijab. The Afghan Centre for Human Rights calls the ban on older girls attending school a "systematic and targeted ...

But the 20-year-old Afghan woman could not defy her country’s Taliban rulers. They have not just banned all sports for women and girls, they have actively intimidated and harassed those who once ...

The Italian government announced on Thursday that Sharbat Gula, who in 1985 gained worldwide fame as the green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' image by photojournalist Steve McCurry, is in Rome being evacuated ...