Hungry, hunted, terrified: unending plight of the Afghan women who served in military and police
Shima Forugh* was in 10th grade at school when she decided she would join the Afghan army. It had been...
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Women, Prison and Life: Stories of heroism despite grief
In our geography, being a woman is equivalent to suffering. A woman in every form has woven her web of...
At least 40 Afghanistan’s former prosecutors killed and wounded in the past two years
Khadija Salehi spent seven years working in Afghanistan’s Attorney-General’s Office. But the former prosecutor now lives in fear of being...
The art of protest: how Herati artists are using painting to challenge the Taliban’s restrictions
The black and white image of a girl’s face illuminates the canvas. Her eyes are filled with tears. Behind her,...
Taliban kill four in a bloody crackdown on Shiite mourning across multiple provinces
Taliban forces have shot dead at least four people, including a child, during a religious ceremony in Ghazni city, multiple...
In Balkh, women are using online business to beat Taliban restrictions
She spends her days checking messages on social media. Sometimes she goes to Facebook, sometimes WhatsApp and sometimes Instagram to...
The war may be over. But its land mines continue to maim and kill
On a hot summer morning, 16-year-old Ahmadullah took his flock of sheep to a part of the village to graze....
“If it wasn’t for my children, I would have committed suicide”: A life enduring domestic violence
“Every time my husband comes home without finding work, he starts fighting with me,” Benafsha, 31, says. She and her...
The fountain of knowledge in the heart of the desert; A library in Ghor province
Eighteen-year-old Ozra dreams of becoming a famous writer. It sounds an impossible dream in one of Afghanistan’s most deprived and...
“I paint my sorrows and those of girls imprisoned in Afghanistan.” The life of an Afghan woman painter
I am an ambitious, dreamy girl from Afghanistan who has always aspired to be a positive personality with the ultimate...
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