Taliban issue new hijab rules: Thick material, unadorned, no perfume
Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders have published new rules on women’s hijab, stating that it must be made of thick material, non-decorative and unperfumed.
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Terror at sea: Afghan mother risks life for daughters’ future
Just weeks before their traumatic experience late last year, 16 Afghans, including a mother and two children, drowned off Turkey’s southwest coast when their dinghy capsized.
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“We must be able to document the truth about what is happening” in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett tells Rukhshana
As the world marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women this week, I spoke with the UN special rapporteur for human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennett about the dire situation facing women and girls.
They should pity themselves
This week, an Afghan teacher got in touch with a message. She had written a short essay about the suppression of girls’ education in Afghanistan and the hypocrisy of those behind it. She wanted us to share it with you, our readers, “not for pity, but for awareness, outrage, and change”. It is a powerful piece of writing that, as...
‘It felt as if the city had fallen again’: Rukhshana reporters on the internet shutdown
When Afghanistan lost all internet access last Monday, Rukhshana Media reporter Hania Forootan* ventured out to check on friends and see how people were being affected. What she saw in the streets of Kabul filled her with anxiety.
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Terror at sea: Afghan mother risks life for daughters’ future
Just weeks before their traumatic experience late last year, 16 Afghans, including a mother and two children, drowned off Turkey’s southwest coast when their dinghy capsized.
Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan
By Ruchi Kumar, Ghazaal Mohammadi and Sina. Taliban forces fire on crowds in Herat, who were protesting at manhandling of women arrested over hijab dress code. A Taliban crackdown on women’s dress code in Afghanistan has escalated into a rare mass street protest in the western province of Herat, with at least two people killed by security forces. Officials made a wave...
A jailed teenager and an abused wife: the Afghan women trapped by discriminatory laws
Last month, the Taliban issued a new decree on marriage that makes it almost impossible for a woman to get a divorce unless their husband agrees.
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