Fleeing oppression, facing statelessness: Afghan women in Pakistan

Rokhsar, a 28-year-old woman, was having breakfast with her husband at around 9 a.m. on January 8 when four police officers, one of them a woman, forcibly entered their home. Speaking with Zan Times, Rokhsar recounts that she and her…

Fleeing oppression, facing statelessness: Afghan women in Pakistan

The struggle for a secular state is the right response to the Taliban’s new retrograde law

The Taliban have introduced a new law that tightens the noose of oppression on the people of Afghanistan, especially women. It gives the Taliban morality police enormous power to invade and scrutinize citizens’ lives. The new law aims at further…

The struggle for a secular state is the right response to the Taliban’s new retrograde law

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Rokhsar, a 28-year-old woman, was having breakfast with her husband at around 9 a.m. on January 8 when four police officers, one of them a woman, forcibly entered their home. Speaking with Zan Times, Rokhsar recounts that she and her…See more

Narrative

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This narrative was told to Shaheemi: To make ends meet, I do bead and leather embroidery. This work doesn’t pay much, but it helps us get by. Over the past year, I’ve had many difficulties and am now dealing with…See more

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Mahdi Salami founded the Rahyab Organization in 2008 with his wife, Benafsha Yaqoobi. They are both visually impaired and have done significant work supporting people with disabilities. Through the Rahyab Organization,, they provided education, empowerment, employment, and counselling services for…See more

Opinion

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Debate about the Taliban and nationalism flares up whenever tensions increase between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Some talking heads brag about the Taliban’s exemplary role in protecting the country’s territorial integrity while Taliban officials invoke deceptive slogans of the Afghan nation,…See more

Art & Culture

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The writer and journalist Taqi Wahedi stands out as one of the most successful Afghan refugee storytellers in Iran. He has primarily focused his writing on short stories about migration, social and cultural issues, war, and women’s issues.  By examining…See more

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