“We are nothing more than porters”: Women’s return to carpet weaving in Herat
While the sunlight from the window has lit up the workshop space, three to four women are combing behind each...
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Corruption continues under Taliban rule with aid reaching fewer people in need
Zarmina has patched her children's clothes many times. She cannot afford to buy her children new ones. A resident of...
Women and those who assist their travel face extreme harassment from Taliban morality police in Balkh
In the bustling streets of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Afghanistan's Balkh province, Zikrullah* navigates his taxi through the chaos of...
Trikh Nawar, ‘slaughterhouse’ of Helmand, where children’s only education has been war
Already 15 years old, Hematullah still dreams of going to school. But in his hometown of Trikh Nawar, he has...
Gul Bibi: a Kandahari woman’s life of struggle that began with child marriage
Gul Bibi’s life took an abrupt turn after her 13th birthday. She had been living the carefree of a child...
Afghan artist leans hard into the banned creative arts to survive the Taliban’s harsh restrictions
Mursal Badakhsh finds solace in strumming her guitar. As the soothing sounds fill her room, she escapes the difficulties of...
The necessity of creating a global network for Afghan women’s rights
The struggle for women's rights is profoundly urgent in Afghanistan. Being a woman is a clear basis for outright discrimination...
Journalists banned from interviewing women in Helmand, two weeks after photo and video reports were banned in the province
Helmand province's Department of Information and Culture has told a journalist he can no longer interview women.
The girls and women being married off to avoid forced marriage with a Talib
The text message read “I like you and I want to marry you.” Yasra* received it one night from one...
I put my children up for auction just as my father sold me when I was 10: The cycles of lack and abuse keeping families in poverty
In the early hours of the morning in southern Ghazni city, many women who live in poverty leave their homes...
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