‘What do I do with so many daughters?’: the Afghan women made to feel a burden after the Taliban takeover
I stood on the roof of our house looking toward the provincial governor’s office and watched the flags change on the day the Taliban took Badakhshan. When I came down and sat with my family…
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Reports
‘Our wings have been cut’: The reality facing women forced back to Afghanistan
Hamida* remembers the rhythm of her old life in Mashhad: mornings spent studying marketing and afternoons running a jewellery and handicrafts workshop she had built herself. “I trained others and…
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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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How can an ordinary person support Afghan women?
August 2026 marked five years since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan, and five years since I began my journey as an advocate for Afghan women. Over the years,…
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Interviews
‘The Taliban takeover broke us, but did not silence us’: An interview with Mubina Khairandish
Over the past two decades, Afghan women have played a decisive role in raising awareness and empowering society through media and education. Mubina Khairandish — a former lecturer at Balkh…
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Narrative
‘I survived the bomb. Then the Taliban closed the university door’: a Kaaj attack survivor’s story
On September 30, 2022, a suicide bomber attacked the Kaaj Educational Center in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of western Kabul, where hundreds of students had gathered for a practice university entrance…
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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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