Chaos, violence, discrimination at the Taliban passport office in Kabul
By Laila Yousufi It was dark, around 5:30 am in the Afghan capital, Kabul when I arrived near the passport...
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The Taliban released a confessional video of a woman retracting an earlier claim of torture and sexual assault by the group
By Zahra Nader After a video went viral of an anonymous Afghan woman describing how the Taliban captured her and...
CNN’s bombshell report on child marriage was staged, say family and friends
By M. Mursal and Zahra Nader The alleged sale of an Afghan man’s 9-year-old daughter to a man six times...
They were journalists. Now these Afghan women are making embroidery to survive
By Laila Yousufy Until August 15, Salima Muradi was a journalist, working for a radio station in the Afghan capital,...
Weeks ago a teenager pleaded to the Taliban to open schools for girls. The group confirmed the schools in Herat can be opened from today
By Maryam Mursal When the Taliban celebrated the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday in the western city of Herat on October 21,...
Women’s rights activist shot dead in northern Afghanistan
By Zahra Nader and Amie Ferris-Rotman A 29-year-old activist and university lecturer, Frozan Safi, has been killed in northern Afghanistan,...
‘Since the Taliban Took Over, I Have Lost Almost Everything’
By Fatima Etemadi This story was published in partnership between Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project. Prior to the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, besides...
‘My Classmates Have No Hope’
By Razia Mohseni This story was published in partnership between Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project. I am a 16-year-old high school student...
Protesting against the Taliban: A girl has set up a tailoring training center for women in Kabul
By Laila Yousufi Fifty days into the Taliban’s rule, a former financial manager, Bahar Ahmadi, used up her last savings...
Sixteen women protested in Kabul. One hundred Taliban fighters encircled them
By Kobra Nader On Saturday morning in the Afghan capital, a group of women gathered in front of the Cure...
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