Burning with grief: dreams of a career on the golfing green snuffed out
Aziza’s love of golf began as a teenager. In grade nine at high school, a golf federation opened in her...
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Reports
The girl who topped the 2022 Kankor: “I have become like a corpse that breathes”
She stays in the four-walled fences of her house, frustrated and tired. Elham Nabizada, the girl who secured the top...
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The future of a Balkh school run by volunteers hangs in the balance
It’s a small space, but it holds big dreams. The doors and walls are decorated with cheerful designs and the...
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Family breadwinners being forced into begging on the streets after Taliban bans women from NGOs
It has been just days since Gulsoom, the only breadwinner of her family of six, has not gone to work....
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The silent suffering of women denied access to exercise
Zahra's high blood pressure and dyspnea – that took two years to get under control – are back. With women...
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‘Being a girl is a heavy crime’: Afghan women in despair over university ban
It was late evening in Kabul, and Sabra*, a fourth-year medical student, saw a WhatsApp message appear on her phone....
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No justice for women seeking protection in Taliban courts
“You are a woman, we will put you in the prison,” Nasima, 27, says the Taliban forces told her in...
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Taliban raid YouTuber’s gathering in Kabul, arrest seven
Armed Taliban forces raided the home of Afghan YouTuber, Hatam Ali Selahshor, in Kabul on Monday December 5, arresting him...
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Taliban restrictions push further into women’s privacy as random mobile phone checks increase
Nazanin no longer takes her phone with her when she leaves home. Ever since she was forced to handover her...
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Rising number of women with university education seeking mental health support
At least a fifth of people who access mental health support from the Herat regional hospital are university educated women,...
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