Victim of shame
It was a hot summer’s day when Farzana’s family travelled west from Kandahar province in Afghanistan’s south to the neighboring...
Former MPs tell Moscow summit on Afghanistan the Taliban does not have the support of the people and slam its anti-women policies
A former Afghan parliamentarian has told an international summit on Afghanistan that the Taliban needs to accept the transformation of...
Tailors in Herat protest Taliban shutdown of shops making women’s clothes
Tailors in Herat provinces have protested outside the provincial Taliban governor’s office over the forced closure of tailors that cater...
Two women shot dead in separate killings in northern Afghanistan
Two women have been murdered in northern Faryab and Balkh provinces last week only a week after another young woman...
More women in Afghanistan’s northern provinces are exercising to mitigate depression, but Taliban morality police are clamping down
Latifa* comes to Khaled Ibn Walid park every day before the sun rises for air and for exercise. She’s fighting...
Former Kabul prosecutor is brutally murdered alongside his sister in Nangarhar
A former prosecutor under the Republic government and his sister have been found murdered in Nangarhar with marks on their...
Media is increasingly controlled by Taliban as 33 media workers detained in past six months
Afghan media outlets are being forced to alter broadcasting content to mainly focus on humanitarian concerns, humanitarian aid, and educational...
Former Afghan security forces call on US Congress to protect ANSF detainees and replace Taliban de facto government
Former member of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) Sohail* was detained by members of the Taliban and tortured for...
Balkh engineering student turns to painting after being barred from university, holds exhibition with her art students
Orzala Rahmani didn’t set out to be a painter. She was in her second year of an engineering degree when...
Afghan women refugees fear return to Taliban more than poverty and uncertainty of ‘illegal’ life in Pakistan
Mubareka Akbari protested against the Taliban when they returned to power in Afghanistan. Eight months ago, she fled in fear...
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