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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Reports
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...
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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,...
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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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In Balkh, women are using online business to beat Taliban restrictions
She spends her days checking messages on social media. Sometimes she goes to Facebook, sometimes WhatsApp and sometimes Instagram to...
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The war may be over. But its land mines continue to maim and kill
On a hot summer morning, 16-year-old Ahmadullah took his flock of sheep to a part of the village to graze....
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“If it wasn’t for my children, I would have committed suicide”: A life enduring domestic violence
“Every time my husband comes home without finding work, he starts fighting with me,” Benafsha, 31, says. She and her...
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The fountain of knowledge in the heart of the desert; A library in Ghor province
Eighteen-year-old Ozra dreams of becoming a famous writer. It sounds an impossible dream in one of Afghanistan’s most deprived and...
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“I paint my sorrows and those of girls imprisoned in Afghanistan.” The life of an Afghan woman painter
I am an ambitious, dreamy girl from Afghanistan who has always aspired to be a positive personality with the ultimate...
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Finding life after the Taliban
It was the first day after a Taliban decree in December banning women from working in foreign and domestic NGOs....
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