The Day the Taliban Reached Kabul, it Turned into a Ghost City
by Maryam Nabavi This story was published in partnership with Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project. It was Saturday, August 14, when...
International Federation of Journalists: Women journalists were barred from working after the Taliban returned to power
Rukhshana MediaAfter the Taliban returned to power, women journalists were barred from working and about 153 media organizations were forced...
Women protested the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education and dissolution of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs
Rukhshana MediaA group of civil activists and women's rights defenders staged a protest in Kabul in response to the dissolution...
‘Tomorrow they will kill me’: Afghan female police officers live in fear of Taliban reprisals
Negar Masumi, a female police officer with 15 years of experience, was determined not to flee when the Taliban took...
‘They came for my daughter’: Afghan single mothers face losing children under Taliban
By Zahra Joya Published by Rukhshana Media and The Guardian The day after Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province,...
‘I worry my daughters will never know peace’: women flee the Taliban – again
by Zainab Pirzad, Atefa Alizada and Rubaba Rezai Published By Rukhshana Media and The Guardian It was an exceptionally hot summer morning, on 13...
‘Nowhere to go’: divorced Afghan women in peril as the Taliban close in
ByLida Ahmadi Published by Rukhshana Media and The Guardian There’s an old saying in Afghanistan that encapsulates the country’s views on divorce: “A...
Afghan women’s defiance and despair: ‘I never thought I’d have to wear a burqa. My identity will be lost’
By Zainab Pirzad and Atefa Alizada Published by Rukhshana Media and The Guardian In a market in Kabul, Aref is doing...
‘Sometimes I have to pick up a gun’: the female Afghan governor resisting the Taliban
by Zainab Pirzad Published by Rukhshana Media and The Guardian It is early morning in Charkint, in the northern Balkh province...
Taliban: Girls will not return to school
By Rukhshana Media The Taliban Ministry of Education ordered the resumption of all middle schools, high schools, and religious schools...
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