The Taliban’s defining feature is also their most important tool: violence
Harsh public displays of corporeal punishment are back in Afghanistan. The Taliban’s determination to deliberately inflict suffering, which becomes a...
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Taliban raid YouTuber’s gathering in Kabul, arrest seven
Armed Taliban forces raided the home of Afghan YouTuber, Hatam Ali Selahshor, in Kabul on Monday December 5, arresting him...
Taliban restrictions push further into women’s privacy as random mobile phone checks increase
Nazanin no longer takes her phone with her when she leaves home. Ever since she was forced to handover her...
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,...
‘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....
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...
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...
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...
“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...
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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