‘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, holding tickets she believed would…
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Reports
‘We pretend we’re married’: How Afghan couples navigate love under the Taliban
In Kabul, Marsal is planning her first Valentine’s Day as a 21-year-old engaged woman. But under Taliban rule, romance requires careful planning and fallback strategies. “I’ll take my seven-year-old niece…
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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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Education without borders: How Afghan Women are rebuilding knowledge outside institutions
On the International Day of Education for Women and Girls, education is often discussed in terms of access: Who is allowed to enter a classroom, who is denied schooling, who…
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Interviews
Surviving Taliban prison: Zarmina Paryani, from religious student to anti-Taliban activist
Since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, Afghan women have faced one of the most relentless crackdowns on civil liberties in modern history. Overnight, the right to education,…
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Narrative
The murder of a woman journalist whose death wasn’t even reported
She was killed after midnight, in one of the apartment buildings in the city centre of Maima. Her cries for help pierced the stillness of the night — cries the…
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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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