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...
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“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...
“We must be able to document the truth about what is happening” in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett tells Rukhshana
As the world marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women this week, I spoke with the UN...
Nowhere to turn: Afghan women told they can only get food aid in return for sex
Laila with three children to bring up alone, she found work cooking and cleaning – until that, too, was taken...
Violence against women and girls is going unreported and unpunished in Taliban-led Afghanistan
Violence against women and girls is going unreported and unpunished in Taliban-led Afghanistan, activists and humanitarian actors are warning, as...
How a small workshop is providing light and livelihoods in Afghanistan
A small domestic crisis provided the first spark that ignited a new career for Setara. She was home alone one...
Taliban intensify pressure on women with strict dress rules in Herat province in western Afghanistan
One of the few remaining female surgeons at a major hospital in western Afghanistan was prevented from entering and detained...
‘All my dreams died’ when the Taliban banned education, says young Afghan blast survivor
Raihana will never forget the day when a suicide bomber blew up her school in Afghanistan, killing more than 50...
‘Go with Latif, or go to prison’: the Afghan woman jailed for refusing to marry
Soraya has tears in her eyes as she recalls the day nearly two years ago when armed men came for...
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