‘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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The only treatment center for female drug addicts has been turned into a military base in Kandahar
The employees of the only treatment center for female drug addicts in Kandahar quit their jobs after they weren’t paid...
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Taliban impose new gender segregation regulations on hospitals in Kabul
The Taliban enforced their latest gender segregation restriction on at least two hospitals in Kabul, based on which male and...
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The story of Kabul’s female ice cream sellers
Khadija put on a baggy abaya, wrapped a scarf around her head, and wore a cap over it. Her face...
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She was a police officer. Now, she is begging in the streets
Maryam was a police officer not so long ago. She put on her teal uniform every morning, and left home...
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Future of millions of Afghan girls are at stake; the world leaders must press Taliban for immediate re-opening of girls’ secondary schools
The Taliban banned over a million Afghan high school aged girls from getting education when they overthrew the internationally supported...
‘The best night of my life turned into the worst one’: Taliban disrupt wedding parties, insult and detain people for playing music
Wedding parties are supposed to be jubilant events where relatives dance on the floor and the music blares through the...
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Why aren’t the Taliban allowing girls to go to school? We asked this question from education and human rights activists, and this is what they told us
It has been more than 300 days that the Taliban have kept the gates of schools closed to millions of...
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