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...
The Taliban closed girl’s secondary schools in Herat province 10 days after reopening
By Rukhshana Media The Taliban closed the girl’s secondary schools, said principals of high school and directors of educational centers...
The Taliban released a confessional video of a woman retracting an earlier claim of torture and sexual assault by the group
By Zahra Nader After a video went viral of an anonymous Afghan woman describing how the Taliban captured her and...
CNN’s bombshell report on child marriage was staged, say family and friends
By M. Mursal and Zahra Nader The alleged sale of an Afghan man’s 9-year-old daughter to a man six times...
They were journalists. Now these Afghan women are making embroidery to survive
By Laila Yousufy Until August 15, Salima Muradi was a journalist, working for a radio station in the Afghan capital,...
Weeks ago a teenager pleaded to the Taliban to open schools for girls. The group confirmed the schools in Herat can be opened from today
By Maryam Mursal When the Taliban celebrated the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday in the western city of Herat on October 21,...
Women’s rights activist shot dead in northern Afghanistan
By Zahra Nader and Amie Ferris-Rotman A 29-year-old activist and university lecturer, Frozan Safi, has been killed in northern Afghanistan,...
The Taliban prevent women aid workers from their work: Human Rights Watch
By Rukhshana Media The Taliban are not allowing female aid workers to carry out their work in at least 31...
The Taliban arrested three men after a woman allegedly committed suicide in Bamyan province
By Bahar Khademi The Taliban police have arrested three men in relation to the suicide of a young woman in...
‘Since the Taliban Took Over, I Have Lost Almost Everything’
By Fatima Etemadi This story was published in partnership between Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project. Prior to the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, besides...
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