Afghan women launch YouTube channels in defiance of Taliban ban on girls’ education
It was one day after Afghanistan’s new rulers closed girls’ high schools when Basira Mohammadi decided she would teach lessons...
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Hazara family loses father and son in ISIS bomb attack on Kabul neighborhood
“I wish I hadn't allowed my son to go to work that day, otherwise he would be...
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Victim of shame
It was a hot summer’s day when Farzana’s family travelled west from Kandahar province in Afghanistan’s south to the neighboring...
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More women in Afghanistan’s northern provinces are exercising to mitigate depression, but Taliban morality police are clamping down
Latifa* comes to Khaled Ibn Walid park every day before the sun rises for air and for exercise. She’s fighting...
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Balkh engineering student turns to painting after being barred from university, holds exhibition with her art students
Orzala Rahmani didn’t set out to be a painter. She was in her second year of an engineering degree when...
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Afghan women refugees fear return to Taliban more than poverty and uncertainty of ‘illegal’ life in Pakistan
Mubareka Akbari protested against the Taliban when they returned to power in Afghanistan. Eight months ago, she fled in fear...
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Two Afghan teens self-publish book of personal poems about their dreams and losses under Taliban rule
The years of being denied their human rights has seen two teenage girls in Kabul become prolific poets. Now Hadia...
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Former Afghan student refuses to give up until all her options are exhausted to complete university
Basgul Nikzad says she has helped over 500 girls apply to foreign universities to continue their studies abroad. Now she...
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Demand for sedatives surges among women struggling to live under Taliban restrictions
A rising number of Afghan women are using strong sedatives and seeking psychological support despite the financial burden, health professionals...
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Afghan migrants living in Pakistan face false imprisonment and forced bribes as harassment by security forces increases
Rasool* was in English class at an Islamabad private school when plain clothes Pakistani security forces arrived to detain him...
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