Taliban harass Balkh beauticians at home since ban on beauty salons
Shaifqa was sitting with guests at her home in Balkh province when armed Taliban members raided her house, forcing their...
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Women in Kandahar living as though under house arrest with bans on recreation
It was meant to be family day together outside the house. Marwa and her husband had taken their two-year-old son...
Fatima rebels against Taliban ideology by succeeding in a ‘man’s job’
Fatima Iltaf is determined to make it as a money transfer agent, not only for her livelihood, but also to...
Women in shock as the reality of being banned from Band-e-Amir sinks in
Sabira was in a car on her way to Band-e-Amir, the most popular of Afghanistan’s national parks, when she was...
Taliban’s Vice and Virtue police are traumatising women to the point of self-isolation
It was meant to be a regular market shopping day in Jawzjan’s provincial capital for Nilofar Langar, but it turned...
The challenge of getting a primary school education in Zabul province
Zabul province in south Afghanistan is one of the most inaccessible provinces for girls’ education in the country. Aside from...
Afghanistan’s para taekwondo athlete Zakia Khudadadi sets sights on Paralympic gold
Zakia Khudadadi has won medals and accolades since fleeing Afghanistan two years ago, but these days her sights are set...
Turning homes into secret schools: Afghan women defy Taliban threats and depression to teach and to learn
It’s 10.00am in the morning and a group of girls is gathering in a home in the center of Herat...
Two years of women standing up to the Taliban
In two years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women’s freedoms have been systematically removed, excluding them from almost all sectors...
Hungry, hunted, terrified: unending plight of the Afghan women who served in military and police
Shima Forugh* was in 10th grade at school when she decided she would join the Afghan army. It had been...
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