Taliban checks under schoolgirls skirts “for jeans and fitted pants”
It was 9AM on a Thursday morning when six members of the Taliban morality police visited sixteen-year-old Spozhmai's class. The...
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Taliban forces relentlessly abuse women on the pretext of improper hijabs
Forced to remain mostly at home since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August last year, Somaiya Shams* is devastated...
Book donations grow for Kaaj memorial library
A campaign to establish a library in Kabul commemorated to the victims of the Kaaj education center bombing is gaining...
The girls missing from the Kankor results – and missing out on education
After many years of girls being in the top of Afghanistan’s university entrance results, this year there were no girls...
Hardened hands and calloused hearts: the extreme working lives of women in Bamyan
The hot sun beats down, shining directly overhead. The forehead of 22-year-old Basma gleams with sweat. She has been working...
Taliban to the shopkeepers in Balkh: “Do not sell to women with improper hijab”
In an audio tape received by Rukhshana Media, the Taliban morality police in northern Balkh province addresses the shopkeepers not...
Q&A with Richard Bennet, UN Special Rapporteur: There are no signs that the Taliban will change their policies regarding women
The purpose of your trip to Afghanistan is to document the crimes committed by the Taliban in the country; what...
Taliban extremists visit schools to encourage jihad and martyrdom
Ahmadwali, 17, has heard many times from the Taliban men who visit his school frequently about “the right to kill...
Mothers struggle with lack of education around pregnancy and birth
Maryam's ten children are almost all the same size – you’d be forgiven for thinking some of them are twins....
Jogi children caught in cycle of illiteracy and deprivation
The suburb of Shirabad on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif city feels like a storm has just passed through. There’s dust...
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