Ahmad Mulakhil, 23, denied that he had a sexual interest in the girl after she had talked to his friend, Mohammad Kabir, 24, ...

An Afghan man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl in the Midlands has denied ‘circling’ the streets for her and claimed she ...

A surprising and touching Afghan political rom-com that is said to feature the first ever on-screen kiss in an Afghan movie ...

Director and actor Shahrbanoo Sadat says premiering her romantic comedy "No Good Men" in Berlin, where it will open this year's film festival, is a chance to redress the overwhelmingly grim narratives ...

Shahrbanoo Sadat’s “No Good Men,” which opens the Berlin Film Festival, mixes romance, politics and humor in ways that Afghan cinema has never done before. It’s the tale of a camerawoman at a Kabul ...

Opening the Berlin film festival, No Good Men blends romance and rebellion, capturing love, humour and female agency in Kabul on the eve of the Taliban’s return ...

Berlin Film Festival jury president Wim Wenders said Thursday that this year's 76th edition of the festival would have "less glamour" but "more content" in its eclectic selection. Later on the red ...

Addressing jurors through a Dari interpreter on Tuesday, Mulakhil said he had arrived in the UK around four months before he ...

The unusually late announcement of the 76th Berlinale’s opening film – made only days before invitations to the ceremony were ...

A mum who shook her two-year-old daughter to death and then lied that she had choked on a biscuit has been jailed. Omra Wali ...

An Afghan national accused of subjecting a schoolgirl to a string of sex attacks arrived in the UK four months before he was arrested, a court has heard. Ahmad Mulakhil told Warwick Crown Court he did ...

Imagine you’re a parent or a grandparent reading this. I’m a father to a 12-year-old girl myself, and I’m finding this very ...