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...
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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...
‘I thought I was going to die’: Afghan 20-year-old detained and beaten for having photos of women’s rights protests on mobile phone
Malala believes she was targeted by the Taliban for merely not wearing a burqa. Then she was detained for photos...
Threat, humiliation, rape, and home imprisonment: the bitter path to France for a trans woman from Afghanistan
Exiled from her own home, imprisoned, assaulted, and now a refugee in France, Sadaf has suffered for her identity as...
The Jawzjan neighborhood where no girl has ever attended school
The 12-year-old lives in the village of Saltaq Khord Turkmania, an area in Jawzjan province’s Khwaja Du Koh district, where...
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