She was one of the world's most famous faces ... Now, after searching for 17 years, National Geographic has once again found the Afghan girl with the haunting green eyes.

These photographs do not merely document reality; they often serve as catalysts for change, provoking thought, inspiring ...

The appeal by UNICEF comes as a new school year began in Afghanistan without girls beyond sixth grade. The ban, said the ...

While international headlines have since moved on to other crises, millions of Afghan women and girls continue to live under increasingly restrictive policies that have systematically stripped away ...

Here are just a few happenings in Hampton Roads. National Geographic Explorer in Residence Tara Roberts brings her “National Geographic Live” show, featuring lecture and book signing ...

Conservation photographer Ami Vitale, who frequently works with National Geographic, gave a talk titled “Nature of Hope” as part of the Jessica Catto Dialogue lecture series through the Aspen Center ...

And I’m saying, please help us. Help the Afghan girls to get their education, because I’m sure that everyone agrees that this is a fantastic way of doing something.” The movie, a harrowing tale and a ...

A wanted Afghan national, involved in multiple serious crimes, including the murder of former Union Council Chairman Asif Nawaz Khan, was killed in a police encounter in the Basal area.

A 15-year-old girl reads a magazine in Afghanistan. Higher education for girls is forbidden under the ruling Islamist Taliban. A new school year has begun in Afghanistan with more than 2.2 million ...

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, on Saturday urged Taliban rulers to allow girls to return to school as a new academic year begins in Afghanistan. It has been three years since the ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council told Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers Monday that peace and prosperity are “unattainable” until they reverse their bans on women and girls ...