A Futsal tournament held in Pakistan to protest the recent oppression of Afghan women and girls
A futsal tournament for Afghan girls in Pakistan’s Quetta Balochistan was held this week in a symbolic protest movement against...
Two women’s account of bitter experience in the Taliban prison
Here are Zarifa and Hakima’s first-person accounts of their arrests, detention, and treatment. Their experience of abuse, coercion and torture...
Four young women beaten and detained in Daikundi for “improper hijab”
A close source to one of the detainees, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they have been beaten for...
New ‘Door to Door’ initiative supports Afghan girls to learn tougher subjects in secret schools
Before becoming a student in a secret school in western Herat province, Afsana passed her days stuck at home. She’s...
Families desperate as Taliban continue campaign of arresting girls and women in Kabul for “improper” clothing
Families of girls and women being detained by the Taliban de facto authorities for “improper hijab” say they are not...
A female graphic artist among several victims of the IS-KP bomb attack on Kabul neighborhood
Female graphic artist Khadija Panahi is among the victims of the bomb blast that targeted a civilian minibus in Qalay-e-Nazer,...
Women without a male chaperone are barred from medical treatment in Nangarhar hospitals and health clinics
Women are being stopped by Taliban forces from entering hospitals and health clinics in Nangarhar province if they do not...
Taliban detain a local radio chief in Ghor for broadcasting content about girl’s education
The Taliban have detained Saday-e-Adalat Radio’s chief in Ghor province for broadcasting the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan’s (UNAMA)...
Taliban arrest dozens of women and girls for “improper” clothing in Kabul
The Taliban is cracking down on female clothing in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul in a new wave of suppression targeting girls...
A woman protester once detained by the Taliban committed suicide in Kunduz
A 21-year-old woman protester committed suicide by throwing herself into a well in northern Kunduz province, local sources in the...
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