The tragedy of the loss of female reporters in western Afghanistan
Threats have followed Baran* for the six years she’s worked in the media. But the challenges of working under Taliban...
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Burdensome dowries in Nuristan prompt calls for change and price caps
Critics of the tradition of exchanging goods to secure a wife in the eastern Afghanistan province of Nuristan say the...
The ongoing torture after Taliban detention of women who called for their rights
These are the stories of three women who have all been detained by Taliban forces and subjected to torture. It...
Latest shooting of Shia-Hazaras in Herat stokes anger at Taliban with calls for the authorities to protect the ethnic group
Residents of Jibril reported that a white Toyota Fielder without number plates drove high-speed through the Kora-e-Milli area and opened...
Afghan women launch YouTube channels in defiance of Taliban ban on girls’ education
It was one day after Afghanistan’s new rulers closed girls’ high schools when Basira Mohammadi decided she would teach lessons...
Hazara family loses father and son in ISIS bomb attack on Kabul neighborhood
“I wish I hadn't allowed my son to go to work that day, otherwise he would be sitting next to...
Victim of shame
It was a hot summer’s day when Farzana’s family travelled west from Kandahar province in Afghanistan’s south to the neighboring...
More women in Afghanistan’s northern provinces are exercising to mitigate depression, but Taliban morality police are clamping down
Latifa* comes to Khaled Ibn Walid park every day before the sun rises for air and for exercise. She’s fighting...
Balkh engineering student turns to painting after being barred from university, holds exhibition with her art students
Orzala Rahmani didn’t set out to be a painter. She was in her second year of an engineering degree when...
Afghan women refugees fear return to Taliban more than poverty and uncertainty of ‘illegal’ life in Pakistan
Mubareka Akbari protested against the Taliban when they returned to power in Afghanistan. Eight months ago, she fled in fear...
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