Taliban allegedly using fake female social media accounts to portray widespread support from Afghan women
An analysis of women’s social media accounts on X, formerly Twitter, has revealed some accounts purporting to be women may...
Reports
Marziya forged an unconventional path to the elite police unit, but then the Taliban stripped away her rights. Now she struggles for basic bread
Married off as a teenager to a man she didn’t know, attending class with a new baby in her arms,...
The changing face of Afghan shoe polishers as women turn to the male-dominated profession for income
Shrouded in a blue burqa sitting on a worn-out brown mat, Nabila* spreads a brightly-coloured cloth on the ground and...
Female dentist opens women’s clinic in Farah as healthcare situation worsens
A Farah-born resident has opened a dental clinic in her home province to addressing the pressing need for dental care...
From the ashes of a school explosion into the lap of domestic violence, a traumatised teenager fears for her future daughter
Asma is pregnant against her will. But now that she's expecting, she’s protective of the life growing inside her. Especially...
“I knelt before the Talib and asked him to kill me”: recollections of horrific abuse in Taliban detention
The 20-year-old was arrested by Taliban forces on Monday, January 8 from Pul-e-Khoshk of west Kabul and taken to the...
Shop sales plummet as women avoid leaving home for fear of Taliban imprisonment
The mass arrests of women under the Taliban’s pretext of an "improper hijab” is not the only fear that Parisa...
Threat, humiliation, rape, and home imprisonment: the bitter path to France for a trans woman from Afghanistan
Exiled from her own home, imprisoned, assaulted, and now a refugee in France, Sadaf has suffered for her identity as...
The Jawzjan neighborhood where no girl has ever attended school
The 12-year-old lives in the village of Saltaq Khord Turkmania, an area in Jawzjan province’s Khwaja Du Koh district, where...
From policing in Afghanistan to fleeing to Iran: a woman’s journey
She was the sole breadwinner raising her young family, but Gul-e-Badam considered herself lucky – with her government salary and...
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