‘No one cares’: Mothers and babies die in Afghan hospitals as health crisis worsens
When Azizgul went into labour at her home in northern Afghanistan her family put her on a donkey for the...
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Skipping school to survive – the Afghan province where more and more children work
Early in the morning, at an hour when most children are still asleep, 12-year-old Ruhullah* sets out alone on the...
‘Please observe the hijab’: The Taliban wall signs sowing fear in Kabul
At the entrance to the Malalai Hospital for women and children in Kabul, a message painted on a wall reads:...
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...
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...
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