Taliban abuses risk being normalised in Afghanistan, campaigners warn
When the Taliban were toppled from power in 2001, many women in Afghanistan kept wearing the burqa, even though they...
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Against all odds: The Afghan women becoming entrepreneurs
When the Taliban issued a decree barring women from attending universities, “it felt like everything was over,” she says. “I...
Afghan radio station shuts down under Taliban pressure
Daikundi – An independent radio station serving central Afghanistan has announced it will stop broadcasting, days after its editor-in-chief and...
The Afghan hospital worker abducted and gang-raped for doing her job
A hospital worker in Afghanistan has told Rukhshana Media how she was abducted by the Taliban, held captive and gang-raped...
“We have nowhere to go” – Afghan families forced out of Iran face poverty and destitution
In a corner of a large park in the ancient Afghan city of Herat, a young woman sits and rocks...
Two more arrested in Afghan media crackdown
The Taliban say they have arrested two people in Afghanistan for dubbing foreign television series for payment in violation of...
An invisible crisis: The mental health struggles of Afghan children
Ever since Najiba* lost her job teaching at a girls’ middle school in northern Afghanistan, life at home has been...
Taliban arrest dozens of young Afghan women over hijab rules
Dozens of young women were detained in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday and taken into custody in an unknown...
How a young Afghan entrepreneur set up a thriving food business in the world’s worst country to be female
Three years ago, as the Taliban regime set about imposing ever tighter restrictions on women’s freedoms, Mahroo decided to throw...
Taliban forces using electric shocks on Afghan women over dress
Taliban forces are administering electric shocks to women over breaches of a hijab mandate so strict it even requires them...
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