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The hands that stepped in for her feet: a polio survivor’s story

by Hura Omar August 29, 2026August 29, 2026

The weight of life on the shoulders of a female cleaner

by Simin Daneshjoo August 25, 2026August 26, 2026

The bread of hope in Fatema’s burned hands

by Tarana Mohammadi August 19, 2026August 19, 2026

Taliban legalizes child marriage in Afghanistan

by Hamasa May 26, 2026May 26, 2026

A depressed Afghan woman sitting beside the door of her home

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A widow in Daikundi: ‘My husband’s blood was spilled, and no one answers’

by Elham Asadi February 19, 2026February 19, 2026

File photo of an Afghan women inside her room looking depressed

My father married me off with an old man for a promise of eye treatment

by Hajer Haidarnia December 10, 2025December 10, 2025

Children gathered by the Taliban from the city on charges of begging. / Screenshot: RTA under Taliban control.

Child labourers are being rounded up, beaten, and imprisoned by the Taliban

by Yalda Amini and Mahtab Safi November 20, 2025November 20, 2025

خانه های ویران در شمال افغانستان که در اثر زلزله مرگبار تخریب شده اند. زلزله در ولایت های سمنگان و بلخ و شماری از ولایت های شمالی افغانستان به وقوع پیوسته است.

Devastating earthquake in northern Afghanistan

by Atia FarAzar and Laila Sama November 6, 2025November 11, 2025

A township in Ghazni declared state land targets Hazara community

by Sharif Ghazniwal October 27, 2025October 27, 2025

The desperate fate of the women street vendors of Mazar

by Lida Bariz October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

“I am nine, and I am the breadwinner”: A child labourer in Taliban-run Afghanistan

by Sana Atef May 21, 2025August 20, 2025

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

by Farshid Aram April 21, 2025May 29, 2025