“It is our secret fight”: The songs of resistance by two Afghan sisters
By Zahra Nader and Zahra Joya As the Taliban’s crackdown on women’s rights continues, forcing protests by women indoors, some...
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After an Afghan girl convinced the Taliban to reopen schools, she was pulled out of school over safety concerns
By M. Mursal Sotooda Forotan, the Afghan teenager who shot to global fame for demanding the Taliban re-open school for...
The famous mobile library is back on the streets of Kabul
By Laila Yousufy A mobile library which brings books and much-needed entertainment to children is back on the streets of...
Under the darkness of Taliban control, a women’s book club is born
By M. Mursal Two months into Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Manizha Bahra, a sociologist in the western province of Herat,...
Women from across Afghanistan are studying at private universities in Kabul. But they no longer have dormitories to stay in.
By Laila Yousufy On August 15, when the Taliban took over the Afghan capital, a third-year university student, Marzia Mirzaie,...
Funding is pulled for the only hospital treating COVID-19 patients in Bamyan province, ending all prevention efforts
By Nargis Amini Amid the emergence of a new COVID-19 variant, the only hospital treating patients with the virus in...
The underground life of women who worked for Afghan security forces
By Laila Yousufy Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, over three months ago, Bahar Mohammadi* is living in constant fear....
Once emblematic of a transformed city, cafe culture is disappearing from the Afghan capital
By Arezo Rahimi On the morning of August 15, Mina Rezaee‘s cafe was open, but unlike any other day over...
Human Rights Watch: Taliban’s new media restrictions are attempt to silence criticism
By Zahra Nader Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan three months ago, the group has threatened journalists and is imposing...
One-third of students at Samangan’s only private university walk out in wake of Taliban takeover
By Shakiba Hakimi From the 650 students who were registered in the only private university in the northern province of...
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