An Afghan judge on Sunday sentenced seven men to death for the gang-rape of four women in a case that sparked nationwide outrage and highlighted the violence women face despite reforms since the ...

Five Afghan men were hanged on Wednesday for the gang rape of four women despite the United Nations and human rights groups criticising the trial and urging new president Ashraf Ghani to stay the ...

A member of an Afghan trafficking gang that smuggled young boys into the UK on small boats before raping and blackmailing them with the footage has been kicked out of the country. Zeeshan Banghis - ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan handed the death penalty to seven men on Sunday for raping and robbing a group of women returning from a wedding in a rare case of sexual assault that has shaken the ...

An Afghan appeals court has overturned death sentences against two men in a gang-rape case while upholding death sentences against five others. Judge Sediqullah Haqiq on September 15 ruled there was ...

National Crime Agency photo of a boat full of migrants attempting to cross the English channel. An Afghan criminal gang suspected of planning to smuggle migrants to the U.K. in small boats has been ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian court sentenced three Afghan asylum seekers to prison on Tuesday over the gang-rape of a woman at a train station last year, a case that fueled debate over immigrants ...

Seven Afghan asylum seekers accused of 38 sexual offences against two teens have arrived at court amid heightened security measures. The Afghans - five aged 20 and two aged 21 - are accused of the ...