Farshid Aram, Author at Zan Times

Members of an Afghan refugee family who have been deported from Iran to Herat province, Afghanistan, sit on the ground eating food.

‘Where else can we go?’ As refugees return, Afghanistan’s housing crisis deepens

by Farshid Aram October 30, 2025October 30, 2025

Afghan women deported to Afghanistan, can’t rent home

by Farshid Aram and Rad Radan August 4, 2025August 25, 2025

‘Our child was born in an open field’: U.S. aid cuts deepen Afghanistan’s maternal health crisis

by Farshid Aram May 19, 2025December 19, 2025

Dying for a day’s pay: Afghan workers in Iran recount injury, abuse and torture

by Farshid Aram April 21, 2025May 29, 2025

The Taliban imposes restrictions on Shia religious practices and education

by Farshid Aram January 14, 2025January 14, 2025

‘I begged them not to harass me’: Women accuse Taliban of sexual assault after arrest for ‘bad hijab’

by Zahra Nader and Farshid Aram June 25, 2024February 22, 2026

Taliban’s crackdown on the media: From banning female topics to putting its monitors into newsrooms

by Farshid Aram and Freshta Ghani May 3, 2024May 3, 2024

How Taliban restrictions on women and media are crushing women journalists?

by Farshid Aram and Mahtab Safi March 18, 2024March 19, 2024

Hazaras in Herat die in continued targetted attacks

by Farshid Aram December 19, 2023February 20, 2024

Miscarriages soar in the Herat earthquake zone

by Farshid Aram November 27, 2023February 20, 2024

Digging for their children: Desperate mothers, a deadly earthquake, and mounds of rubble

by Farshid Aram October 12, 2023September 1, 2025