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Dr Carol Mann says the world is silent while women in Afghanistan face a bleak future, in response to an article on the Taliban’s birth control banYour article on contraception in Afghanistan (Taliban birth control ban: women ‘broken’ by lethal pregnan…
Military says ‘terrorists’ carried out attacks in Balochistan province in what analysts described it as the deadliest day for militants in decadesPakistan’s military said on Saturday that multiple suicide and gun attacks by “terrorists” across the rest…
Major powers have renewed diplomatic links while others seek deals to deport migrants. And all the while gender repression is getting worseAfghanistan’s Taliban government has now issued its most extreme edict yet. It is already the only regime in the …
Women across Afghanistan describe the traumatic impact of disappearing clinics and contraceptionParwana* no longer recognises her own children. Once known for her beauty in her village in Kandahar province, the 36-year-old sits on the floor of her moth…
Over four years have passed since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. Claudia Janke’s photographic series features 7 Afghan women who have found safety in the UK after escaping at great personal risk. She worked using an Instant Box Camera, t…
From the construction worker who won a place at medical school to an art exhibition in a country with no galleries, we asked journalists for their most optimistic tales of the yearFounder of the Migration Story, India Continue reading…
The activist Zarmina Paryani speaks from exile in Germany about how Afghanistan has tried to silence the voices of women and girls since the 2021 takeoverIt was nearly dark on 19 January 2022 when the knocking began. At first soft, then insistent, the …
The strikes come a day after a suicide attack on a security compound in Pakistan’s Peshawar cityPakistan strikes on neighbouring Afghanistan have killed 10 people – among them nine children – a Taliban government spokesperson has said, a day after a su…
Twelve people were killed and 27 injured in a suicide bombing outside district court buildings in the capitalAt least 12 people have been killed in a suicide blast in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, as the defence minister said a deadly surge in terror …
Najiba Noori’s thought-provoking documentary follows her mother, finally getting her chance at autonomy just as the Taliban retake the countryShot in Afghanistan shortly before the 2021 Taliban takeover, Najiba Noori’s thought-provoking debut juxtapose…
Two sides declare ceasefire after Islamabad carries out retaliatory strikes on Kabul and Kandahar provinceDozens of soldiers and civilians have been killed after fresh clashes broke out along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and Islamabad carried out re…
Surge in militancy in region bordering Afghanistan is now one of greatest security threats facing IslamabadTariq Ahmed never lets his pistol out of his sight these days. Sitting cross-legged on a woven charpai, his face concealed with a scarf, the 26-y…
Escalation comes after Pakistani airstrike in Kabul, with Taliban launching reprisals against military postsIntense clashes erupted along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Saturday night, after an attack by the Afghan Taliban on Pakistani military pos…
The global icon of women’s education is ready to tell the full story of her turbulent recent life, from arguing with her parents to being ghosted by the statesmen who were once desperate to be seen with herI am at the shed where Nobel laureate Malala Y…
For 48 hours Afghanistan had been cut off from mobile and internet services in a Taliban-imposed shutdownJust before nightfall on Wednesday, the near-deserted streets of Afghanistan’s capital suddenly filled with people – mobile phones everywhere had p…