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...
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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...
At least 40 Afghanistan’s former prosecutors killed and wounded in the past two years
Khadija Salehi spent seven years working in Afghanistan’s Attorney-General’s Office. But the former prosecutor now lives in fear of being...
The art of protest: how Herati artists are using painting to challenge the Taliban’s restrictions
The black and white image of a girl’s face illuminates the canvas. Her eyes are filled with tears. Behind her,...
Taliban kill four in a bloody crackdown on Shiite mourning across multiple provinces
Taliban forces have shot dead at least four people, including a child, during a religious ceremony in Ghazni city, multiple...
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