‘There can be no trace of me’: Afghan women pushed out of media
When officials from the Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice stopped Kulsum on a street in western Afghanistan, she was not working for a television station or carrying a…
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Reports
Waters that turned into disastrous floods in Afghanistan
In the small village of Gham Qol, everyone is frightened and distressed. A few days ago, as the wind and rain intensified, villagers anxiously looked toward the highlands, fearing that…
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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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Stripping students of religious freedom in the Taliban’s war on universities
With the start of the 2026–27 academic year, the Taliban Ministry of Higher Education has once again compelled university students to sign a 14-point pledge. The contents of this pledge…
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Interviews
Interview with Hajar Hussaini, Whiting Award Winner of 2026
Hajar Hussaini is an Afghan poet and translator based in the United States. In 2004, she was 13 when she returned to Kabul with her family from Iran. She lived…
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Narrative
An unfinished Master’s: The story of a young Afghan woman’s shattered dreams
Exactly three months ago, I was at work in Pakistan when my phone rang inside my bag. It was my father, a watchmaker in the Dir region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.…
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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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