‘A market in name only’ – Taliban’s broken promises stifle female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan
Adiba set up her shop in a market in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif that the Taliban set up for women...
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How ordinary men became unpaid Taliban enforcers in their own homes
To be a father of daughters in the Taliban’s Afghanistan has become a daily nightmare for Amir. Now, he says, he is...
Taliban publicly whip 116 people, including 22 women, over five weeks
Over the past five weeks, the Taliban have publicly whipped at least 86 individuals, including 22 women, across various provinces...
Imprisoned and gang-raped by the Taliban: An Afghan ex-soldier speaks out
Warning: This report contains accounts of sexual assault. By Haniya Frotan The Taliban had been back in power in Afghanistan...
Misleading narratives: what is the situation of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule?
I and my colleagues at Rukhshana Media, most of whom work in secret inside the country, have a particular focus...
As the world marks menstrual health day, Afghan girls are left in the dark
As much of the world marks Menstrual Health Day with calls for greater awareness and access to sanitary products, in...
Interview with Joël van Houdt: Photographing Afghanistan Beyond the Clichés
Rukhshana Media sat down with Dutch photojournalist Joël van Houdt to talk about his work in Afghanistan and upcoming photo...
‘It’s worth a piece of bread’ – how a ban on selling hair robbed Afghan women of one of their last ways to earn
In a quiet alley in western Afghanistan, a middle-aged woman swathed in a hijab is pleading with a dealer to...
Meet the Afghan woman braving all to protect children from polio
Every year for the past decade, Zohra* has spent weeks criss-crossing the mountains of central Afghanistan on foot, braving both...
Nobel laureate Malala accuses Taliban of ‘Gender Apartheid’
Nobel peace laureate and activist Malala Yousafzai has condemned the Taliban’s treatment of women in Afghanistan as “gender apartheid”, saying...
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