Covert Classrooms and Invisible Incomes: How Afghan Women Are Resisting
By forging creative and invisible networks that allow them to survive, they are finding a way to be free despite the Taliban bans.
‘There Is No School Here’: Returnee Families in Helmand Fear for Their Children’s Future
With two-thirds of returnees being children, families warn that the absence of schools, teachers and basic services is pushing their futures into uncertainty.
Afghan Sports Journalists Condemn Pakistani Airstrike That Killed Local Cricketers in Paktika
ASJF denounces “cowardly and unlawful” attack; supports Afghan Cricket Board’s decision to cancel Pakistan series
ACB Condemns Pakistan Airstrike That Killed Cricketers in Paktika
Three Cricketers Martyred in Urgun District Following Alleged Pakistani Airstrike
Three Local Cricketers Killed in Pakistani Airstrikes on Paktika
Four others injured as players were returning home from matches
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The Taliban deferred inquiries on girls’ education “until further notice.”
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No Female Dentists in Uruzgan: Women Denied Basic Dental Care
Bans on women work leave Afghan women without access to essential health services
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Taliban Imposes New Ban on Women’s Traditional Household Activities
Women lose one of the last public spaces where they could gather, socialize, and share community life
Internet, Mobile Services Restored After 48-Hour Shutdown
Afghanistan reconnects to the world amid lingering questions over the blackout
Taliban Cuts Internet Nationwide, Silencing Afghanistan’s Digital Lifeline
Nationwide blackout severs Afghans from the world as Taliban enforces new restrictions.
Taliban Ban Male Tailors from Sewing Women’s Clothes in Kandahar
Restrictions on women’s clothing and employment continue to intensify
Afghan Journalist Salma Niazi Wins One Young World Journalist of the Year and Lyra McKee Award for Bravery
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