Meet Nasiba Daytabar: The Afghan woman who rose from poverty to run for parliament in Sweden
Like many Afghan girls, Nasiba Daytabar spent her teenage years terrified her father would pull her out of school and...
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A secret address and strict timeslots — how one Afghan beautician operates under the Taliban’s radar
Tina always wanted to be a beautician. Growing up in Afghanistan, she used to help her older sister at her...
Afghanistan’s female teachers put up with low pay to defy Taliban
Rahima’s teaching salary is so meagre that sometimes she cannot even afford the fare to work, but her job in...
Taliban judge jails mother with baby after she asks to divorce violent husband
When Marhaba went to court to seek a divorce she was hoping for a quick end to years of abuse...
Afghan woman seeking divorce from violent husband says Taliban judge hassled her for sex
When Kamela applied to divorce her violent husband following 13 years of abuse, she hoped the court in northern Afghanistan would bring a swift end to her toxic marriage.
OPINION: Dozens of children were hurt in a Kabul school blast – why do we know so little?
Two weeks ago, a large explosion tore through a school in Kabul, injuring more than 50 children, but the tragedy has attracted remarkably little attention.
Eyewitness: I saw a young woman flogged at a Taliban court, the horror still haunts me
A heavy silence hung over the court’s packed meeting hall. In the middle, a petite woman in her early 20s...
The Taliban ended my schooling: Why we must never forget August 15
Rukhshana Media reader Bahar Ebrahimi, whose education was cut short by the Taliban, writes here about what August 15 means to her.
Five years into Taliban rule, Afghanistan plunges into a state of collapse
The stark figures show that since the hardliners seized power in 2021, women have been erased from public life, poverty...
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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