France Condemns Taliban’s Systematic Abuse of Women’s Rights
France on Friday (September 25) condemned what it called the Taliban’s “structured violations” of the rights of women and girls...
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28 Groups Urge Global Backing for Taliban Accountability Push
On the first anniversary of the decision by Australia, Germany, Canada, and the Netherlands to pursue accountability for the Taliban’s...
UN Women: Afghans Overwhelmingly Back Girls’ Education
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women said at a press briefing in Geneva that...
Taliban Envoy Claims Afghans Can “Move Freely” Nationwide
Sardar Ahmad Shakib, the Taliban’s ambassador in Islamabad, said Afghans today can “move freely” across the country—despite the group’s Amr...
Women’s Movements: Global Inaction Fuels Taliban Abuses
On the fourth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power, Afghan women’s protest movements issued a joint statement declaring that...
Silence and Condemnation: A Glimpse Into Kabul’s Hospitals
Legs tremble, hands shake, and eyes wander. No one is calm, and only a few people in the hospital waiting...
Lost in a Hungry City: Kabul’s Forgotten Slums
Kabul’s face has changed in many ways in recent years. Areas such as Shahr-e-Naw and Qala-e-Fathullah continue to expand commercially....
The City, Darkness, and the Subjects
I walk down an alley—quiet, deserted, so silent that it makes you doubt whether any living soul exists within it....
Burning in the Cold: Kabul’s Winters
The cold is winning. Its victory is almost absolute—so absolute that it burns the bones and mocks the fierce heat...
Kabul: A City of Dead Ends
Someone accompanies me from afar. At first, he appears no larger than the tree he has just passed, but as...