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A new network in Kabul is giving Afghan women a platform to express the ideas and news that matter to them most. Zan TV — which translates to "Women's TV" — is the first of its kind in the country, ...

The first-ever all-female TV news station there runs a lot like any station in the U.S., with one big exception: These journalists are risking their lives. It's 4:00 A.M., and Kabul is dark and still.

In patriarchal Afghanistan, where the media industry -- like the rest of society -- is dominated by men, a new TV channel dedicated to women is set to begin broadcasting. Zan TV Dari for “Women's TV” ...

Shogofa Sadiqi, right, chief director of Zan TV speaks with a staff member at her office in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP KABUL, Afghanistan — Two yellow burqas are on display at a television station in ...

Zan TV is Afghanistan’s first and only TV station run by and for women. When it went on air in May, some Afghans doubted that it would succeed. Five months on, the station’s ratings are soaring.