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Before becoming a student in a secret school in western Herat province, Afsana passed her days stuck at home. She’s...

The Taliban is cracking down on female clothing in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul in a new wave of suppression targeting girls...

Threats have followed Baran* for the six years she’s worked in the media. But the challenges of working under Taliban...

Critics of the tradition of exchanging goods to secure a wife in the eastern Afghanistan province of Nuristan say the...

These are the stories of three women who have all been detained by Taliban forces and subjected to torture. It...

Residents of Jibril reported that a white Toyota Fielder without number plates drove high-speed through the Kora-e-Milli area and opened...

It was one day after Afghanistan’s new rulers closed girls’ high schools when Basira Mohammadi decided she would teach lessons...

“I wish I hadn't allowed my son to go to work that day, otherwise he would be...

It was a hot summer’s day when Farzana’s family travelled west from Kandahar province in Afghanistan’s south to the neighboring...

Latifa* comes to Khaled Ibn Walid park every day before the sun rises for air and for exercise. She’s fighting...