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The death of medical care for Afghan women | Letter
Dr Carol Mann says the world is silent while women in Afghanistan face a bleak future, in response to an artic…
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More than 120 dead after multiple suicide and gun attacks in Pakistan, officials say
Military says ‘terrorists’ carried out attacks in Balochistan province in what analysts described it as the de…
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As the Taliban step up their war on women and girls, it is clear that appeasement has failed | Gordon Brown
Major powers have renewed diplomatic links while others seek deals to deport migrants. And all the while gende…
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Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnancies and untreated miscarriages
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraceptionParwana* no lo…
- Afghanistan, Photography, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Taliban, United Nations, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
Afghan women in the UK: amplifying their voice – a photo essay
Over four years have passed since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. Claudia Janke’s photographic s…
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‘Even in the most unlikely places there is beauty’: stories of hope from newsrooms around the world
From the construction worker who won a place at medical school to an art exhibition in a country with no galle…
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‘That video saved our lives’: how women are defying the Taliban’s brutal crackdown on protest
The activist Zarmina Paryani speaks from exile in Germany about how Afghanistan has tried to silence the voice…
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Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing 10 – including nine children – in strikes on Afghanistan
The strikes come a day after a suicide attack on a security compound in Pakistan’s Peshawar cityPakistan strik…
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Deadly terror attack in Islamabad puts Pakistan in ‘state of war’, says minister
Twelve people were killed and 27 injured in a suicide bombing outside district court buildings in the capitalA…
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Writing Hawa review – Afghan woman fights for freedom as the Taliban close in
Najiba Noori’s thought-provoking documentary follows her mother, finally getting her chance at autonomy just a…
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Dozens killed in fresh clashes along Afghanistan-Pakistan border
Two sides declare ceasefire after Islamabad carries out retaliatory strikes on Kabul and Kandahar provinceDoze…
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‘An environment of terror’: deadly resurgence of Pakistan Taliban gathers pace
Surge in militancy in region bordering Afghanistan is now one of greatest security threats facing IslamabadTar…
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Heavy clashes erupt along Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Escalation comes after Pakistani airstrike in Kabul, with Taliban launching reprisals against military postsIn…
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‘To the men who ran the world, I was just a photo op’: Malala Yousafzai on growing up, getting cynical – and how getting high nearly broke her
The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguin…
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‘It felt like we had gone back centuries’: Afghans express relief after internet restored
For 48 hours Afghanistan had been cut off from mobile and internet services in a Taliban-imposed shutdownJust …