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...
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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...
ICC issues warrant for Taliban’s supreme leader for persecution of women
The international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for the persecution...
‘Obsessed with revenge’: The Afghan women trapped with abusers they tried to stop
Six years ago, Saeeda* defied the norms of her traditional Afghan community and ran away from home to marry a...
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