Children search garbage for food as severe hunger stalks Afghanistan
By Freshta Ghani, Mehsa Elham, and Atia FarAzar At 6 a.m., fresh sunlight rises from behind the rooftops of Firozkoh City, Ghor province as nine-year-old Naser* straps a large sack under his arm and goes to work. His job is
Taliban’s gender-based persecutions are likely crimes against humanity: Amnesty International and International Commission of Jurists
Since taking over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, the Taliban have introduced increasingly draconian measures designed to restrict the lives of girls and women. Resistance
Zan Times investigation: Banned from working, Afghan women grapple with abuse and despair at home
By Archit Mehta and Kreshma Fakhri When Saeeda* was dismissed from her role as a local government employee in Herat province, she lost more than
Taliban release YouTuber but tighten restrictions on freedom of expression
By Freshta Ghani and Sana Atef* Khatam Ali Salahshor Kamrak, an increasingly popular YouTuber known for his videos which present the daily life of Hazaras
The fate of journalists who were targeted at the Tabian Cultural Centre
By Freshta Ghani On World Press Day, Zan Times looks at what happened to the journalists who were targeted by a terrorist attack at the
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Invisible classrooms: The secret fight for education in Afghanistan
By Maiwand Nazary* “Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it” – Hannah Arendt In the face of intensifying systemic oppression, Afghan women have risen up as embodiments of
Gendered waters: the effect of marginalizing women in the Taliban-Iran water dispute
By Rustam Seerat The water dispute between the Taliban and Iran over the Helmand River has recently escalated into a display of machismo and military
I am hopeful about the future, despite all my suffering: Fatima Amiri
By Azada* Fatima Amiri tells her story: One day before the terrorist attack on the Kaaj education centre on September 30, 2022, our class had a
Afghanistan’s LGBTQ community needs urgent international support: Artemis Akbary, in part II of his interview
Note: Here is the second and final part of our interview with Artemis Akbary, an LGBTQ rights activist and founder of the Afghanistan LGBT Organization.