Taliban allegedly using fake female social media accounts to portray widespread support from Afghan women
An analysis of women’s social media accounts on X, formerly Twitter, has revealed some accounts purporting to be women may...
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Marziya forged an unconventional path to the elite police unit, but then the Taliban stripped away her rights. Now she struggles for basic bread
Married off as a teenager to a man she didn’t know, attending class with a new baby in her arms,...
We mustn’t normalize the ‘deeply disturbing’ treatment of Afghan women: Q&A with Heather Barr, Human Rights Watch
It’s also a day when many Afghan women and girls will, I’m sure, be having feelings of betrayal about the...
The changing face of Afghan shoe polishers as women turn to the male-dominated profession for income
Shrouded in a blue burqa sitting on a worn-out brown mat, Nabila* spreads a brightly-coloured cloth on the ground and...
Fear with no escape: a woman navigates the chokehold on her freedom under the Taliban’s threat of detention
These days, I’m afraid to leave the house. Ever since the Taliban detentions of girls and women began, the crowds...
Female dentist opens women’s clinic in Farah as healthcare situation worsens
A Farah-born resident has opened a dental clinic in her home province to addressing the pressing need for dental care...
From the ashes of a school explosion into the lap of domestic violence, a traumatised teenager fears for her future daughter
Asma is pregnant against her will. But now that she's expecting, she’s protective of the life growing inside her. Especially...
Analysis: A link between the oppression of women and ethnic cleansing
A shocking fact was admitted in a recent report from the UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) on the human...
“I knelt before the Talib and asked him to kill me”: recollections of horrific abuse in Taliban detention
The 20-year-old was arrested by Taliban forces on Monday, January 8 from Pul-e-Khoshk of west Kabul and taken to the...
Shop sales plummet as women avoid leaving home for fear of Taliban imprisonment
The mass arrests of women under the Taliban’s pretext of an "improper hijab” is not the only fear that Parisa...
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