How the Taliban’s new criminal code penalises women
A husband who beats his wife severely could get off with just a 15-day sentence, while a woman who leaves...
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‘We feel like strangers’: An exiled Afghan journalist returns to her homeland
I managed to dash in and hide my laptop under my chador before he stepped into the courtyard, with the...
Taliban detain Afghan woman over secret taekwondo training
A young Afghan woman has been arrested by the Taliban’s morality police while secretly training girls in taekwondo.
Taliban arrest female journalist in northern Afghanistan
A female journalist has been detained by Taliban intelligence forces in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz, sources close to...
How the closure of the Pakistan border is hitting ordinary Afghans
When the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan closed amid escalating tensions between the two neighbours, Somaya Nadari’s mother lost access...
Afghanistan’s maternal health services are collapsing. Here’s how one rural province is being affected
Ziba Balkhi When Medina’s sister went into labour in November, her family took her to the main provincial hospital in...
“I Felt Suffocated for Hours”: An Artistic Protest Against the Taliban’s Mandatory Hijab
Appearing on stage at the opening of his exhibition wearing a burqa, he declared: “Wherever a woman’s body is controlled,...
From teacher to street vendor: How Taliban policies turned one Afghan woman’s life upside-down
By Ziba Balkhi Abeda worked as a teacher in Afghanistan’s Balkh province for more than a decade before the Taliban...
“You should go back home”: Taliban bar women from sacred Afghan shrine
The shrine, a large complex containing a historic mosque and a cemetery, is a significant site for Afghanistan’s Shia community,...
‘How can the world let this happen?’
The words of Sky News special correspondent Alex Crawford at an event organised by Rukhshana Media in the UK parliament...
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