Five years under the Taliban: All the things women cannot do
August 15 marks five years since the Taliban seized Afghanistan - five years which have changed the lives of millions...
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Taliban oppression must not become the ‘new normal’ for Afghanistan, German MEP warns ahead of anniversary
Hannah Neumann is a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Germany’s Green Party who focuses on foreign policy and...
One Afghan student found refuge in Bangladesh. Now she’s stuck between a homeland that won’t let her study and a world that won’t let her in
Like many prospective graduates, Narges Hussain Zada is spending her summer frantically filling in application forms as she looks for...
Grieving mother campaigns to save children from landmines after losing sons
One spring day Mah Bibi’s three youngest sons were playing with an unusual object they had found in the ground when it exploded, killing them outright along with three friends.
Mother appeals for release of girl jailed for refusing to wed Taliban ally
The family of an Afghan teenager jailed by the Taliban for five years after refusing to marry an influential tribal figure in his 70s have appealed to...
Young Afghan woman disappears in Kabul while exercising with “improper hijab”
The family of a young Afghan woman who vanished in Kabul last month after leaving her home to exercise say...
Terror at sea: Afghan mother risks life for daughters’ future
Just weeks before their traumatic experience late last year, 16 Afghans, including a mother and two children, drowned off Turkey’s...
A jailed teenager and an abused wife: the Afghan women trapped by discriminatory laws
Last month, the Taliban issued a new decree on marriage that makes it almost impossible for a woman to get...
Zakiya Ahmad becomes first Afghan woman to climb Everest
A 31-year-old mountaineer who campaigns for women’s education has become the first Afghan woman to climb Mount Everest, according to...
Taliban ‘legitimising child marriage’ with new edict, activists warn
Child marriage appears to have been legally recognised for the first time by the Taliban in Afghanistan, as activists say...
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