Residents in one of the most remote and deprived districts of Helmand during the 20 years of the US-led war continue to suffer from a desperate lack of resources, especially in health care.
Read moreThree women who were detained Sunday morning in Kabul during a protest for women's rights have been released from prison, according to their relatives.
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Residents in one of the most remote and deprived districts of Helmand during the 20 years of the US-led war continue to suffer from a desperate lack of resources, especially in health care.
Read moreBeing a woman has become tantamount to being a criminal in Afghanistan. The dreams of a generation are being destroyed. Anger and fear squeezes everyone's throat. Violence against women is not the exception, but the rule.
It was the last days of our university exams. Before class, I used to go to English Language Centre early in the morning. I was on my way there when I received the call from my friend. “Where are you?” she asked. I told her.
Harsh public displays of corporeal punishment are back in Afghanistan. The Taliban’s determination to deliberately inflict suffering, which becomes a spectacle for both the curious and the horrified, has made its return.
It's been 15 months since I have stepped foot in the green grass of a football ground or in the boxing ring. I worked so hard to achieve my dreams as an athlete. But now it seems like it was all for nothing. This is the catastrophe that the Taliban have delivered to women everywhere in Afghanistan.
Residents in one of the most remote and deprived districts of Helmand during the 20 years of the US-led war continue to suffer from a desperate lack of resources, especially in health care.
The Al-Mahdi township in the west of Herat city was silent. Some panicked. Taliban forces had hung the bloodied bodies of two men from their feet at a crossroads. The people of the township in Jabriel neighborhood of Herat flocked to the scene.
