Once emblematic of a transformed city, cafe culture is disappearing from the Afghan capital
By Arezo Rahimi On the morning of August 15, Mina Rezaee‘s cafe was open, but unlike any other day over...
The Taliban opened secondary schools for girls in Zabul province
By Rukhshana Media Teenage girls have been allowed back to school in the southeastern province of Zabul, a Taliban spokesman...
Human Rights Watch: Taliban’s new media restrictions are attempt to silence criticism
By Zahra Nader Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan three months ago, the group has threatened journalists and is imposing...
Taliban banned airing movies with women actors
By Rukhshana Media In the most recent restriction on media and women, the Taliban banned television channels from airing movies...
One-third of students at Samangan’s only private university walk out in wake of Taliban takeover
By Shakiba Hakimi From the 650 students who were registered in the only private university in the northern province of...
Internally displaced families are living on the streets in Ghor province
By M.Mursal As the humanitarian crisis pushes half of Afghanistan’s population towards starvation, displaced families are living on the streets...
Taliban: “Men and women sitting around one table is against our religious principles”
By Rukhshana Media The Taliban are not against the education of girls, but men and women sitting around one table...
The naked body of a dead woman was found in Bamyan province
By Rukhshana Media The dead body of a young woman was found naked in Bamyan city, capital of the central...
Measles cases on the rise in western Afghanistan
By Kobra Nader and M. Mursal Cases of measles are rising rapidly in hospitals across the central and western provinces...
Chaos, violence, discrimination at the Taliban passport office in Kabul
By Laila Yousufi It was dark, around 5:30 am in the Afghan capital, Kabul when I arrived near the passport...
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