- Afghanistan, Global development, Media, Press freedom, Public service broadcasting, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women in journalism, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Off air: One by one, the Taliban are removing women’s voices from Afghan radio
As one of the last female-run stations in the country is silenced, a former broadcaster gives an inside view o…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Global health, Health, Polio, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Vaccines and immunisation, World Health Organization, World news
Taliban’s curbs on women add to risk of polio outbreak, health officials warn
Regime suspends polio campaign across Afghanistan over security concerns and women’s role in vaccination drive…
- Afghanistan, Education, Global development, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Taliban could be convinced to open girls’ schools, says Afghanistan ex-education minister
Global governments should engage with the Taliban because some in the regime support reversing the ban, says R…
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When the music stops: how the Taliban’s fear of art is killing Afghan culture
Musicians and artists are living in a state of terror. Can the country’s identity as a ‘crossroads of cultures…
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Thousands of Afghan judges and legal staff remain at risk post-Taliban takeover
Two years on, people who worked in the country’s now-defunct legal system remain in grave danger from reprisal…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, Taliban, World news
‘We can’t remain silent’: journalists refuse to give up despite Taliban terror
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, one-third of journalists have left, while those who remain live with …
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I have spent a year helping people flee the Taliban: failure is traumatic, success bittersweet | Ruchi Kumar
We are still trying to find ways to get visas – writing letters, appealing to governments – but the options ar…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Police, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘We had 4,000 policewomen in Afghanistan. Let them get back to work’
Gulafroz Ebtekar, a former top CID officer in Kabul, tells how she escaped the Taliban and is now working in e…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Human rights, LGBT rights, Rape and sexual assault, Sharia law, South and Central Asia, Transgender, World news
Lives of LGBTQ+ Afghans ‘dramatically worse’ under Taliban rule, finds survey
Human Rights Watch reports cases of mob attacks, gang-rape and death threats, with LGBTQ+ people living in fea…
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Calls for release of Kabul University professor detained by Taliban
Prof Faizullah Jalal, an outspoken critic of Afghanistan’s ruling group, was arrested for alleged remarks on s…
- Afghanistan, Art, Art and design, Culture, Human rights, Life and style, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Street art, Taliban, Women, World news
‘We planted a seed’: the Afghan artists who painted for freedom
The Taliban has whitewashed Kabul’s political murals – and those who created them have fled into exileNegina A…
- Afghanistan, Gender, Journalist safety, Media, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘A source of hope’: Afghanistan’s female journalists challenging sexism and the Taliban
Zahra Joya started Rukhshana Media so Afghan women could tell their stories in their own words. Now she is bat…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Global health, Health, Polio, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Vaccines and immunisation, Women, World news
Killing of female polio vaccinators puts Afghan eradication campaign at risk
Rise in cases feared as murders halt campaigns and leave many women too afraid to workGul Meena Hotak was on h…
- Afghanistan, Conflict and arms, Global development, Police, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, World news
‘I am not afraid to fight’: the female Afghan colonel who survived the Taliban’s assassins
Saba Sahar, who returned fire while protecting her daughter, survived one of a wave of recent assassination at…
- Afghanistan, Global development, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Peace where rights aren’t trampled’: Afghan women’s demands ahead of Taliban talks
With negotiations set to begin, women have been sharing their ‘red lines’ on the progress they refuse to see n…