FIFA urged to step in over sexual abuse claims in Afghan women's football team
The Afghan Football Federation says allegations that some players have been molested by its officials are groundless
Afghan president says his government must be 'decision-maker' in any peace deal
Ghani's government has so far been shut out of the evolving peace talks between Taliban negotiators and U.S. envoys to end more than 17 years of war
Thaw of Himalayas set to disrupt Asia's rivers, crops - study
The report, by 210 authors, said that more than a third of the ice in the region will melt by 2100 even if governments take tough action to limit global warming under the 2015 Paris climate agreement
Britain's 20 years of open transgender military service shows Trump is wrong
In the 20 years transgender people have been serving openly in Britain's armed forces, there have only been positives from inclusion
Afghanistan's post 9/11 generation wary of any future with the Taliban
No one knows what form a new government may take but for young people the prospect of peace with the hardline Islamists brings a daunting mix of hope and fear
Refugees in India's West Bengal get land titles amid citizenship row
India is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, which spells out refugee rights and state responsibilities to protect them
French police clear Paris migrant camp
The refugees, who were mainly from Africa and Afghanistan, packed up their tents and belongings and boarded coaches
Afghan men oppose more women's rights; elders less hardline
About two-thirds of men think women in Afghanistan have too many rights and that women are too emotional to become leaders
US. sees contours of peace accord with Taliban to end war in Afghanistan
No sign Taliban have accepted U.S. demands such as committing to a ceasefire before the withdrawal of U.S. troops or that it engage in direct talks with the U.S.-backed government in Kabul
Syrian children in focus at Sarajevo museum on war and childhood
Driven by memories of his own childhood during the Balkans conflict, founder Jasminko Halilovic wants to turn the museum into the world's biggest archive on wartime childhoods