Rising number of women with university education seeking mental health support
At least a fifth of people who access mental health support from the Herat regional hospital are university educated women,...
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‘I held my child’s bloody corpse in my arms until morning’: A personal account of the Taliban attack in Daikundi
Before dawn on Thursday November 24, Bahara* heard a gunshot from outside the walls of her courtyard in Daikundi province....
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OPINION; The silent war against women: the ending of our dreams is a slow death
It's been 15 months since I have stepped foot in the green grass of a football ground or in the...
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Malnourishment spikes among female children as families favour boys
About 60 percent of infants and children being treated for malnourishment in Kandahar province are female, health sources say. According...
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Master Mohsen; A messenger of knowledge in the heart of the mountains
His name is Mohammad Mohsen Erfani. People affectionally call him “Master Mohsen.” He’s the young teacher who single-handedly revived an...
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“Dry bread” is the dream: Deepening poverty in Herat
A cool wind blows through the city of Herat. It’s mid-autumn and dozens of women peddlers are sitting in the...
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Life for Afghan women under the Taliban flag
The Taliban have issued nearly forty decrees and orders related to controlling the behaviour and movement of women in the...
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Taliban violence extends to hospitals; from demanding priority and imposing restrictions to beating doctors
Dr. Dawood* was treating a patient in the Abu Ali Sinai Balkhi seminary hospital in the Mazar-e-Sharif city about a...
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Aid or insult? Bamyan food packages deliver rotten flour to families
Marzia left her house on a cold, rainy day at the end of fall to pick up an aid package...
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Volunteer teachers defy odds to set up Bamyan education center
A mother with a baby in her arms stands facing the whiteboard. She is solving a math problem at an...
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