Children killed and families displaced in Pakistan–Taliban conflict
Children were playing outside in the village of Hijratabad when the rockets came. It was just before noon on March 2. Some families had only returned that morning to their homes in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar…
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Reports
‘Now they only deport’: Afghans trapped in Pakistan arrested and sent back after ‘open war’ breaks out
This report has been published in partnership with the Guardian At 12 am on 28 February, Alma* stood at the check-in counter at Karachi airport with her husband and three-year-old son,…
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Afghan women: The largest imprisoned population in the world
This year marks the fourth International Women’s Day in which the Taliban have imprisoned Afghan women and girls inside their…
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The Taliban cannot take your pen: Margaret Atwood’s message to Afghan women
I have been asked to write a letter to Afghan women by the journalists of Zan Times, an Afghan women-led media in exile. I accepted this invitation because the plight…
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Interviews
Standing against the darkness: Jhulia Parsi’s account of two and a half years of street protest
Julia Parsi was among the first women activists who took to the streets after the fall of Kabul to protest the Taliban’s anti-women policies. For two-and-a-half years, she continued her…
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Narrative
The story of wife and mother of three Taliban fighters killed in war
My name is Rahima. I am a 45-year-old woman whose life has been bound to war and displacement. I am originally from Badghis province, where my family has deep roots,…
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Arts & Culture
A life as wide as the courtyard: A review of ‘Let Me Write to You’
The story Let Me Write to You by Nahid Mehregan takes place in the city of Herat during the first Taliban rule. The novel narrates the lives of several women…
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