Rachel Lehr says Afghan women are much less liberated than American women. “They value interdependence rather than the independence which we value in American culture,” said Lehr, a research scholar ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A gathering celebrating Afghan culture drew hundreds to the University of Indianapolis (UIndy) on the same week marking four years since refugees escaping the Taliban arrived in ...

No school beyond the sixth grade. No traveling without a male guardian. Death by stoning for “moral crimes” such as adultery. In most places, women must cover themselves from head to toe if they leave ...

The Taliban’s morality police recently summoned four young men in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan for a “rehabilitation programme”. Their offence: “imitating actors” and “promoting foreign ...

How do you make a documentary when you can't film in person — and even hiring a cameraperson is risky? That was the challenge for the award-winning Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani, who left the country ...

Four Afghan men were ordered to report to the Taliban government's ministry of vice and virtue for dressing in costumes inspired by the TV series Peaky Blinders. The friends were told that their ...

Sophia Akbar, the co-founder and co-owner of Oakland restaurants Parche and Jaji, was born and grew up in Walnut Creek. New Concord restaurant Mazza is offering an authentic taste of Afghanistan At ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A one-day festival celebrating Afghan culture and cuisine is coming to Salisbury. (Image: Supplied) Salisbury will host a one-day ...

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Help us pay for in-depth stories like this one by becoming a Seven Days Super Reader. Negina Azimi painted her first mural as a member of ArtLords of Afghanistan in March 2017. It was Nowruz, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Chelsea Davis is a SF based journalist covering food, drink & travel. Touted as the Bay Area’s first ever contemporary Afghan ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new restaurant in downtown Albuquerque is one of the first of its kind. Afghan Kebab House opened on Tuesday near Second St. and Gold Ave. Mohammad Ismail and his family ...