Taliban forces relentlessly abuse women on the pretext of improper hijabs
Forced to remain mostly at home since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August last year, Somaiya Shams* is devastated...
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Book donations grow for Kaaj memorial library
A campaign to establish a library in Kabul commemorated to the victims of the Kaaj education center bombing is gaining...
The girls missing from the Kankor results – and missing out on education
After many years of girls being in the top of Afghanistan’s university entrance results, this year there were no girls...
Hardened hands and calloused hearts: the extreme working lives of women in Bamyan
The hot sun beats down, shining directly overhead. The forehead of 22-year-old Basma gleams with sweat. She has been working...
Taliban extremists visit schools to encourage jihad and martyrdom
Ahmadwali, 17, has heard many times from the Taliban men who visit his school frequently about “the right to kill...
Mothers struggle with lack of education around pregnancy and birth
Maryam's ten children are almost all the same size – you’d be forgiven for thinking some of them are twins....
Jogi children caught in cycle of illiteracy and deprivation
The suburb of Shirabad on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif city feels like a storm has just passed through. There’s dust...
Selling organs in exchange for bread
The 26-year-old received 220,000 afs for her kidney – enough to pay off her husband’s debts that were hanging over...
The misbehavior of the Taliban forces with the families of the Kaaj victims; A slap instead of consolation
Several hours after the deadly incident at Kaaj educational center on Friday, September 30, Jawad Ali, 45, still did not...
Taliban abuse and mistreatment of women at Iran-Herat border
Her mother's answer that her 9-year-old son is their mahram did not satisfy the Taliban. So the six of them...
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