投稿者: As told to Emma Graham-Harrison
Since returning to power the Taliban have banned secondary school-aged girls from getting an education. Here Farzana*, 16, tells her storyLast year I was in 11th grade, the second highest-placed student in my class, with an average grade of 95%. Now I …
Farkhunda’s sister and two brothers have disabilities and left their wheelchairs behind when fleeing a Taliban raidFarkhunda’s* mother has run a feminist radio station in her conservative province for the best part of 20 years, in defiance of Taliban t…
Gul Bano and Karima’s former offices are in the hands of the Taliban – and they fear for their livesGul Bano* and Karima* are activists who ran provincial branches of the ministry of women’s affairs in two different parts of Afghanistan. Their former o…
First in a new series about people left behind in Afghanistan, meet Asif, who worked for the UN and Adam Smith International before fleeing to PakistanAsif* has lost almost everything since the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. His wife was shot dead….