Widow of a police officer: “I decided to sell my daughters to avoid starvation”
By Maryam Mursal In early June, when the Taliban captured the Tolak district of Afghanistan’s central Ghor province, Najiba lost...
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A female volleyball player died a week before the Taliban came to power. Her parents are searching for answers
By Zahra Nader In late July, Mahjabin Hakimi received some good news: her special immigrant visa for the United States...
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‘We Must Stay Strong’
By Sakina Rezvani This story was published in partnership with Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project. Kabul is not safe for girls...
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‘Can You Imagine How Difficult It Is to Feel Exiled in Your Own City?’
By Hadis This series was published in partnership with Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project. I will never forget 15 August 2021,...
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This 22-year-old was weeks away from graduating university. Then the Taliban came.
By Laila Yousufy On Sunday, August 15, final-year university student Gulbakht Nikzad gathered in a classroom with her classmates to...
‘I Want to Continue My Education’
By Nafiza This story was published in partnership with Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project. One day before the fall of Kabul, I...
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A foundation set up to honor a slain government worker has been looted and destroyed
By Laila Yousufy Four years ago, government worker Najiba Bahar was killed in a suicide attack in the Afghan capital,...
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Women journalists vanish from Afghanistan’s once-lively media scene
By Maryam Mursal When Afghanistan's third largest city, Herat, fell to the Taliban on August 12, Sahar, 20, was busy...
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This hip hop singer knew the Taliban would not tolerate her music. But no country stepped in to rescue her
By Arezo Rahimi The Taliban had ruled Kabul for four days when Manizha Talash, 18, the only female member of...
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“I will continue teaching for as long as I am alive”: one Afghan school teacher’s promise to her students
By Kobra Nader The Taliban have allowed teenage girls back to school in some parts of Afghanistan, but for mathematics...
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