Human rights activist Roshan Mashal sat down to eat a traditional Afghan meal with her children, their plates heaping with chicken, vegetables, pilaf and flatbread.

Mashal, her husband and her children were among the more than 76,000 evacuees who poured into the U.S. after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Her family’s bumpy first year in the U.S ...

MASHAL: Largely Afghan civilians - the Ministry of Defense in Afghanistan's saying 50 people were killed, 38 of them were civilians and 12 of them were security forces.

February 2 marked 500 days since the Taliban banned Afghan girls from secondary education. That day the Taliban also arrested university professor Ismail Mashal, one of the few men to bravely ...

Professor Ismail Mashal, who runs a private university in Kabul, says he has had enough of the restrictions women face in Afghanistan.

Taliban authorities detained a prominent Afghan advocate for women’s education while he was giving out free books in Kabul on Thursday. Ismail Mashal, a journalism professor who ran a private ...

Public protests involving Afghan men standing up for women’s rights have been rare, which is why the actions of Ismail Mashal are important – and heroic. Read @astroehlein’s #HumanRights ...

Professor Mashal, a university lecturer and outspoken campaigner for women's education in Afghanistan, was arrested by the Taliban government on 2 February. More than 10 days later, his family has ...

Taliban detains professor who protested ban on women’s education. The Taliban confirms the detention of Ismail Mashal, who tore up his degrees on live TV to protest against the ban on women’s ...

For many young people leaving Afghanistan, familiarity with the U.S. made the country a natural destination. That was the case for Hamasa Zeerak, 24, and her 30-year-old husband, Hussain Saifnijat.

Professor Ismail Mashal, who runs a private university in Kabul, says he has had enough of the restrictions women face in Afghanistan. Slender and well dressed, he is a mixture of defiance and raw ...

Professor Mashal, a university lecturer and outspoken campaigner for women's education in Afghanistan, was arrested by the Taliban government on 2 February. More than 10 days later, his family has ...