The need to focus on breaking down gender apartheid and not on power-sharing with the Taliban
With the Taliban promoting the upcoming United Nations-hosted Doha meeting this weekend as a sign of their rising legitimacy, human...
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Bamyan musician mourns the loss of song and the dambora after defying taboos to teach herself at a young age
Zeba* sat atop the Buddha cliffs in Bamyan province watching the sunset and people below passing by, recalling the days...
Vignettes of Eid: A celebration overshadowed by sadness for those living in poverty
It’s the day before Eid. Two girls Shukria, 12, and Shegufa, 9, are standing in the full midday sun near...
Bloodied and bruised by her husband’s beatings, Hasina fears she’ll be jailed or stoned to death if she goes to the Taliban for protection
Hasina was so brutally bashed by her husband that she had a miscarriage when she was six months pregnant. But...
‘Nobody is coming to help us’: Afghan teenage girls on life without school
Just over three years ago, Asma’s* future contained many possibilities. Aged 15, she was at secondary school. After that lay...
Kabul residents question whether the Taliban are serious about providing security as home invasions and robberies rise
Residents in west Kabul fear the Taliban are either unable or unwilling to provide security as the number of break-and-enters...
New Herat radio stations fill airwaves with Taliban’s ideological extremism
The Taliban has ramped up production of media content in line with its ideology, starting at least three radio stations...
The important subtleties of difference in Afghan and Iranian women’s battles against discrimination
Fighting against gender apartheid is not a simple task. The complexities of regimes which deploy multilayered rules and tools to...
Desperate pleas for help in the aftermath of Baghlan’s flash floods
Thousands of people remain without aid and housing in Baghlan province after a flash flood swept through the region earlier...
Taliban restrictions are impacting profitability of female-led businesses in Badakhshan
Nilab* hadn’t planned to be an entrepreneur, but when the Taliban banned her from working in her government job, she...
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