‘I dream I am still in Afghanistan,’ activist who fled the Taliban says
Throughout her life, Basira, a 24-year-old activist campaigning for the rights of the Afghan LGBTQ community, believed the West had...
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She taught thousands to become teacher in Kabul. Now, she has become a student in London
Sahra Alizai has spent half of her life teaching. Now, far from her native Kabul in the boxy London hotel...
She was a biology teacher in Afghanistan. Now, she works in a restaurant in Brazil
Najiba Ebrahimi lives in Freedom. It’s the São Paulo neighborhood where the 33-year-old has settled and what she feels she’s...
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Afghan female military pilots work as waitresses in a mall in Florida
Despite the Taliban’s pledge of “amnesty” for those linked to the ousted Afghan government, members of the security forces were...
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Female artist uses art to document violence thousands of miles away in her home country
For many years, Hazara artist and photographer Zahra Khodadadi, 31, fixed her lens on families in Afghanistan, exploring the ties...
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‘I am a warrior,”: From Italy, she works to help at risk Afghans to flee the Taliban
Up close, the Taliban proved more violent than Haidari had imagined. She soon grasped their plans to strip away women’s...
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Special report by Rukhshana Media and Time Magazine to mark the one year anniversary of the fall of Afghanistan
When the Taliban walked into the capital of Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, America’s longest war came to an end. The vacuum...
‘She sometimes laughs and cries for no reason’: A schoolgirl’s battle against depression
Hania went to school passionately and worked hard to do her assignments. The mix of passion and hardwork helped her...
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August is another name for hell
Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August 2021. That is why August is a month full of bitter memories for...
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How the Taliban impose mandatory hijab on women in Afghanistan
The Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada ordered the Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice to make hijab mandatory...
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