Taliban’s Vice and Virtue police are traumatising women to the point of self-isolation
It was meant to be a regular market shopping day in Jawzjan’s provincial capital for Nilofar Langar, but it turned...
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The challenge of getting a primary school education in Zabul province
Zabul province in south Afghanistan is one of the most inaccessible provinces for girls’ education in the country. Aside from...
The risk of normalizing fundamentalism after two years of Taliban rule
Each day the rule of the Taliban continues, the conditions for girls and women become more inhumane. Commentary on Afghanistan...
Afghanistan’s para taekwondo athlete Zakia Khudadadi sets sights on Paralympic gold
Zakia Khudadadi has won medals and accolades since fleeing Afghanistan two years ago, but these days her sights are set...
Turning homes into secret schools: Afghan women defy Taliban threats and depression to teach and to learn
It’s 10.00am in the morning and a group of girls is gathering in a home in the center of Herat...
Taliban blamed as speculation swirls around murder of popular YouTuber in Afghanistan
Women’s rights activists in Afghanistan are accusing the Taliban of murdering a young Afghan YouTuber Hora Sadat, despite the Taliban’s...
Not just the political system, the very fabric of Afghanistan collapsed: a personal account of the Taliban takeover
I started an internship with a journalism classmate at one of Herat’s TV stations in August 2021. We had barely...
Afghan women’s resistance increases in face of Taliban restrictions and suppression
While these protests have faced sometimes violent suppression and high risk to personal safety, women and girls have continued to...
Afghan women’s struggle is not only against the Taliban, but also with each other
In the history of human societies, there has been oppression of women. But none so systemic with their complete exclusion...
Two years of women standing up to the Taliban
In two years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women’s freedoms have been systematically removed, excluding them from almost all sectors...
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