She was a police officer. Now, she is begging in the streets
Maryam was a police officer not so long ago. She put on her teal uniform every morning, and left home...
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‘The best night of my life turned into the worst one’: Taliban disrupt wedding parties, insult and detain people for playing music
Wedding parties are supposed to be jubilant events where relatives dance on the floor and the music blares through the...
Why aren’t the Taliban allowing girls to go to school? We asked this question from education and human rights activists, and this is what they told us
It has been more than 300 days that the Taliban have kept the gates of schools closed to millions of...
‘My life has turned into hell’: The story of a female victim of domestic abuse
Zahra says her husband would sometimes beat her. But he would quickly apologize, and she would forgive him. It wasn’t...
‘The child survived, but the mother died’: Limited access to healthcare services put women at grave risk in the districts of Balkh province
Lack of access to healthcare services in the districts of Balkh province is forcing women to take long distance journeys...
Increasing number of female university students defer their studies after Taliban takeover (3)
Najiba stood outside Kabul University's student affairs department, her brother by her side, waiting for her turn among around a...
Balkhab in the midst of a humanitarian crisis
When the fighting between the Taliban and Mawlawi Mahdi began around two weeks ago, thousands of Balkhab residents were displaced,...
Female University students face harassment and violence in the campuses and hostels in Afghanistan (2)
Female university students say they face physical violence, threats, harassment, humiliation and psychological violence every day in the campuses and...
The impact of the Taliban’s restrictions on female university students
Since they returned to power last August, the Taliban have imposed numerous restrictive regulations on women, making Afghanistan the most...
After taking control of Balkhab, Taliban summarily executed civilians, residents say
Twenty-three dead civilians have so far been identified, and the bodies of 29 others, who have been found or buried...
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