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‘The Taliban know they need us’: the Afghan hospitals run by women
Female medics continue to save lives, but rely on the Red Cross to get by because the Taliban cannot pay their…
- Afghanistan, Education, Global development, Mental health, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news, Young people
‘Robbed of hope’: Afghan girls denied an education struggle with depression
As female students are denied schooling and career prospects, medical staff warn of a rise in mental health pr…
- Afghanistan, Airline industry, Business, Global development, Inequality, Life and style, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘If I can get a plane into the sky, I can do anything’: female Afghan pilot refuses to be grounded
Months after Mohadese Mirzaee became Afghanistan’s first female commercial airline pilot, the Taliban took Kab…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Inequality, Islam, Law, Life and style, Religion, Sharia law, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
#DoNotTouchMyClothes: Afghan women’s social media protest against Taliban
Women around the world are sharing pictures of themselves in traditional colourful clothes in a campaign again…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Prostitution, Sex trade, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘I’m sacrificing myself’: agony of Kabul’s secret sex workers
Decades of war and grinding poverty have forced more Afghans into risky double lives to surviveWhen Zainab met…
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Afghanistan’s doctors braced for rapid spread of India Covid variant
The country has no testing capacity for the B.1.617.2 strain and medics are concerned about resilience of heal…
- Afghanistan, Education, Global development, Islamic State, Life and style, Religion, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Hosnia had dreams’: grief in Kabul as girls’ school targeted
Hazara community in mourning but defiant after more than 60 people killed in school bomb blastsLatifa and Hosn…
- Afghanistan, Disability, Education, Global development, Global education, Schools, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Normalising special needs: the Kabul school offering hope
Fatima Khalil school has given some children the first taste of education – and love – in their livesLaughter …
- Afghanistan, Culture, Global development, Music, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘Music is my life’: ban on schoolgirls singing in Afghanistan met with protest
Government appears to backtrack on decree after women take to social media to sing in defiance under #IAmMySon…
- Afghanistan, Animation in film, Art and design, Culture, Design, Global development, Illustration, South and Central Asia, Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘I’d like to join Pixar one day’: meet Afghanistan’s first female animator
Born under Taliban rule, Sara Barackzay studied abroad and now hopes to start her own schoolA woman in traditi…
- Afghanistan, Domestic violence, Global development, Society, South and Central Asia, Women, World news
‘Violence starts at home’: the Afghan women tackling domestic abuse at its source
A new women-led initiative in Afghanistan is working to break down the barriers to help both victims and perpe…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Journalist safety, Media, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US news, World news
Taliban denies targeting media after 50th journalist dies in Afghanistan
Rising violence by militants raises fears for press freedom after US troops withdraw in MayThe Taliban have de…
- Afghanistan, Conflict and arms, Global development, South and Central Asia, US news, Women, World news
US warns Afghan women of increased risk of extremist attack
Message from the US embassy comes during long-postponed direct talks between the government and the TalibanThe…
- Afghanistan, Art, Art and design, Culture, Global development, Painting, Protest, South and Central Asia, Street art, World news
Artlords, not warlords – how Kabul’s artists battle for the streets
Muralists are covering the Afghan capital’s blast walls with agitprop imagery and calling out corruptionFrom t…
- Afghanistan, Global development, Media, Newspapers, Newspapers & magazines, Press freedom, South and Central Asia, World news
Afghan government backtracks over rule forcing media to reveal sources
Amendments to country’s media law revoked after outcry from pressAn outcry by the Afghan press over amendments…