A family of six, five of them blind, survived on aid. Now, they can’t find food
By Nargis Amini Last week, Tayeba and her family of 5 didn’t have anything to eat. With a bowl in...
US appoints a special envoy for Afghan women, girls, and human rights
By Rukhshana Media The US Secretary of State named Rina Amiri as the new special envoy for Afghan women, girls,...
Two hours after the last American soldier left Afghanistan, my son was born amid gunfire and chaos
By Sara Rasoli Even though my husband was trying to pretend that everything was fine, the anxiety and panic were...
Taliban order the “beheading” of store mannequins in Herat
By Rukhshana Media The Taliban ordered shopkeepers in the western city of Herat to use headless mannequins to display clothes...
Two protesters injured and 11 journalists arrested in women demonstrations in Kabul that chanted “Work, Food, Freedom
By Laila Yousufy and Zahra Nader In two demonstrations held by women in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, two...
“We are not afraid”: the hospital workers in Samangan protested non-payment of salaries
By Rukhshana Media The employees of Samangan provincial hospital protested non-payment of up to six months salary inside the hospital,...
Life of refugees in Indonesia: “Prisoners who don’t know when their sentence will end” says karate champion caught in limbo
By Zahra Joya It has been seven years since Mina Asadi, the only female athlete who represented Afghanistan in the...
Taliban banned women’s travel without Mahram
By Rukhshana Media The Taliban’s Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice banned women from traveling farther...
“I had no choice but to close”: Women business owners
By Laila Yousufy Until July this year, business was booming for Shirin Nazari, a female entrepreneur in the Afghan capital...
“We will never submit. We will defend our rights”: pledged women protesters after their planned protest was canceled
By Rukhshana Media A women’s protest planned to take place in front of the Taliban’s ministry of Economics on Thursday...
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