Taliban’s cruel cut: women with disabilities left without support amid rising...
Asieh* is one of thousands of civilians who were severely injured and left disabled as a result of combat between Taliban fighters and the previous government’s security forces. Sixteen years ago, she...
View Article‘If they close our school, we will create our own’
Farahnaz*, a principal who had devoted two decades of her life to education, was forced to leave her school in September 2021. After the Taliban regained power, she had no choice but to stay home with...
View ArticleMidwives of despair: The hidden cost of education bans in Afghanistan
Narges* was once a fourth-year Persian literature student with dreams of becoming a literature professor at Badakhshan University. Her room was filled with books she studied with passion. Today, that...
View ArticleLocked in suffering: Taliban’s stance on divorce leaves Afghan women in despair
During three years of marriage, Karima* endured constant abuse and humiliation from her drug-addicted husband, Ali. In the spring of 2024, the 22-year-old resident of Pul-i-Khumiri in Baghlan province...
View Article‘We will not surrender to oppression’: Women’s chants heard again in Kabul
A group of women took to the streets of Kabul to protest the Taliban regime on the morning of Wednesday, September 11. This was the first street demonstration since the Taliban introduced their new...
View ArticleAfghan girls who study online now have another worry: Are their diplomas valid?
Farhiya is a 19-year-old in Kabul. She had been in the 9th grade at a public school when she and hundreds of thousands of other girls were forced to stay home after the Taliban regained power. “The...
View ArticleWhat happened at the Afghanistan Women’s Summit in Albania?
At a recent international summit, a diverse group of women called for the establishment of a government in Afghanistan which guaranteed the “equal participation of women and men” and is based on the...
View Article‘I saw them execute the others’: How 14 Hazara men were killed by terrorists
The sounds of crying and wailing rose from the Hazara village of Qorodal in Daikundi Province at around 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 12. Panicked by the commotion, Tahira ran out of her house to see...
View ArticleAfghan Women workers in Iran endure long hours, low wages, and constant threats
Freshta was preparing for the university entrance exam when the Taliban barred females from universities. So she and her four-member family illegally migrated to Iran a year ago. They settled in...
View ArticleThe Taliban slashed the salaries of female teachers. They fought back.
The message arrived on Sabera’s phone while she was in the middle of her usual workday at a girls’ primary school in Kabul. The 35-year-old teacher had been evaluating her students’ homework and...
View ArticleForgotten victims of the Taliban: Women in the former Afghan security forces
Raihana is a 24-year-old woman who served as a soldier in the Afghan National Army until the Taliban returned to power. Now, she hides in a remote province of Afghanistan. Before the fall of the...
View ArticleSelling possessions and burning garbage: How women struggle to feed their...
Her eyes burn and her throat chokes from the smoke generated by ovens burning plastic and trash. Mahbouba coughs repeatedly as she shares her life of hardship. Every day, she bakes bread in the oven...
View ArticleOnline commerce in Afghanistan: How women eke out a living
Maryam sits behind her desk in a small room in Kabul, staring at her phone. Selling hygiene and cosmetic products online has been her only source of income for the past eight months. Before the...
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