It was a normal summer morning in July last year when 19-year-old Samira* made her way to the carpet-weaving shop where she worked in Kabul to pick up her wages. She had no way of knowing that in just a few hours, her life as...
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Working as a journalist, I have come to rely a great deal on social media and the connections it opens up. But with seemingly innocent promises of friendship, men still harass and abuse women.
Read moreThe absence of legal or structural mechanisms to protect victims contributes to this, as well as a collective mindset that often holds the victim – especially a woman – responsible in cases of sexually-charged abuse.
The influential New York Times newspaper recently published a lengthy profile of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the head of a Taliban faction responsible for some of the most barbaric attacks on Afghan civilians.
Social media platforms like TikTok, X (formerly twitter), and Facebook, which are wildly popular among young Afghans, have become the latest battleground for the Taliban’s propaganda machine
It was a normal summer morning in July last year when 19-year-old Samira* made her way to the carpet-weaving shop where she worked in Kabul to pick up her wages. She had no way of knowing that in just a few hours, her life as she knew it would be over.
Hatred and abuse of women in Afghanistan has taken on new life and dimensions with the Taliban takeover of the country.
In the cold morning air of Herat, a young woman sits behind the wheel learning to drive on the quiet, secluded roads of the city's outskirts, out of the Taliban's sight.
