A former military family still in hiding almost three years after the Taliban seize control of Afghanistan
Sara* has recently returned from Afghanistan’s south with her son and daughter. They are living on the outskirts of Kabul...
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War widows say the Taliban has ceased pension payments to families of soldiers who served former Afghan government
Several widows of former Afghan National Security Forces members say Nangarhar province’s Department for Martyrs and Disabled Affairs has stopped...
Woman and child among the dead in attack on Shia mosque in Herat
An armed assault on a Shia mosque in Herat province has killed at least five people, including a woman and...
The unraveling of the life of a policewoman under Taliban rule
Roya* sits on a faded yellow blanket in a small room in her rundown rental house in Kabul. Her voice...
Taliban detains radio journalists for broadcasting music and taking female listeners phone calls
The Taliban's Vice and Virtue police have detained three journalists in Khost province for broadcasting music and engaging with female...
Degradation and Dehumanization: Roqia Saee’s psychological injuries under Taliban detention
Ms Saee fought hard for her rights that were being systematically dismantled under Taliban rule. She’d witnessed in horror as...
Chickenpox infections spread in Bamyan on back of limited healthcare and no access to vaccine
“When the red spots appeared on my child's skin, I thought it was a simple and passing sensitivity, and that...
Hope for girls education ends as Taliban force education centers to sign commitments against teaching high school girls
The Taliban-run Ministry of Education has forced education officials to sign commitments that they will not teach girls above grade...
Famous for her poetry and skateboarding videos, Afghanistan’s eight-year-old ‘Spring Girl’ mulls what her future holds under Taliban rule
The eight-year-old’s fame has grown from videos on social media of her odd pairing of talents - poetry and skateboarding,...
Taliban shuts down two TV stations over alleged violations of Islamic values
The shutdown by the department’s Media Violation Commission is only temporary, Bakhtar reported. Ostensibly until the problems are corrected.
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