Under the Taliban ban, Afghan actor suffers to make ends meet
By M. Mursal Five days before the Taliban took over the western city of Herat, Masooda Ahmadi* was fired from...
Reports
A family of six, five of them blind, survived on aid. Now, they can’t find food
By Nargis Amini Last week, Tayeba and her family of 5 didn’t have anything to eat. With a bowl in...
Two protesters injured and 11 journalists arrested in women demonstrations in Kabul that chanted “Work, Food, Freedom
By Laila Yousufy and Zahra Nader In two demonstrations held by women in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, two...
Life of refugees in Indonesia: “Prisoners who don’t know when their sentence will end” says karate champion caught in limbo
By Zahra Joya It has been seven years since Mina Asadi, the only female athlete who represented Afghanistan in the...
“I had no choice but to close”: Women business owners
By Laila Yousufy Until July this year, business was booming for Shirin Nazari, a female entrepreneur in the Afghan capital...
“It is our secret fight”: The songs of resistance by two Afghan sisters
By Zahra Nader and Zahra Joya As the Taliban’s crackdown on women’s rights continues, forcing protests by women indoors, some...
After an Afghan girl convinced the Taliban to reopen schools, she was pulled out of school over safety concerns
By M. Mursal Sotooda Forotan, the Afghan teenager who shot to global fame for demanding the Taliban re-open school for...
The famous mobile library is back on the streets of Kabul
By Laila Yousufy A mobile library which brings books and much-needed entertainment to children is back on the streets of...
Under the darkness of Taliban control, a women’s book club is born
By M. Mursal Two months into Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Manizha Bahra, a sociologist in the western province of Herat,...
Women from across Afghanistan are studying at private universities in Kabul. But they no longer have dormitories to stay in.
By Laila Yousufy On August 15, when the Taliban took over the Afghan capital, a third-year university student, Marzia Mirzaie,...
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