When a Country Lives Through War: Women’s Stories of Pain, Hope and Rebuilding

AIPS–UEFA Young Reporters Programme, UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship  

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د کوچنیو کښتیو لومړني چلوونکي د نوې «د ژوند د خطر سره مخ کولو» جرم له مخې بنديان شول

​•​د بریتانیا د حکومت د سرحدي امنیت قانون (Border Security Act) له مخې د نوې سختې جزايي مادې پر بنسټ د دوو کوچنیو کښتیو چلوونکو ته سزا ورکړل شوه. ​•​تر…

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نخستین هدایت‌کنندگان قایق‌های کوچک تحت جرم جدید «به خطر انداختن جان افراد» زندانی شدند

• دو هدایت‌کننده قایق‌های کوچک بر اساس جرم جدید و سخت‌گیرانه‌ای که در چارچوب قانون امنیت مرزی دولت بریتانیا معرفی شده است، محکوم شدند.   • تاکنون ۱۴ نفر تحت این…

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Afghan Times Journalist Becomes First Afghan to Win Top Prize at AIPS Sport Media Awards

Salma Niazi makes history with award-winning feature on Afghan women’s resilience.

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Pakistan Shelling Forces Families in Khost to Flee to Caves

With homes destroyed and no shelter, villagers in Gurbuz District face cold nights, hunger, and fear as cross-border attacks continue.

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The Dual Crisis: Displacement and Food Insecurity

For World Food Day, October 16, 2024, the Afghan Times and IUF Asia/Pacific released a report “Women and Food Insecurity in Afghanistan” highlighting the country’s worsening food crisis, deteriorating health conditions, and rising malnutrition, exacerbated by…

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Afghanistan Flash floods leave women struggling to access sanitary products

Women in the flooded provinces do not feel they can talk about…

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The Dual Crisis: Displacement and Food Insecurity

For World Food Day, October 16, 2024, the Afghan Times and IUF Asia/Pacific released a report “Women…

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Pakistan’s Afghan Deportations Are a Moral and Humanitarian Disaster

The trucks rumble across the border, packed with men, women, and children—their…

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Boundaries Beyond the Field: What Cricket Means for Afghan Children

In the shadow of a war-torn land, where bomb craters and sandstorms…

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From Livelihood to Silence: Taliban Crushes Women’s Work Behind Closed Doors

Women say limitations on work and lack of market access have pushed many into economic despair

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The Hands That Should Hold Books

Afghanistan’s children are being forced from classrooms into labour. Their dreams are shrinking in the dust of kilns, workshops, and…

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Bricks or Bats: In Afghanistan, children build kilns or chase dreams—But not both

In a nation where childhood is stolen by labour, even a game of cricket becomes an act of defiance.

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Child Labour In Taliban’s Afghanistan

A Special Report by The Afghan Times

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Why Are Children Still Working in Brick Kilns?

Inside Afghanistan’s Brick Kilns: How Poverty, Debt, and a Broken System Are Forcing Children to Work

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Stolen Childhoods, Silenced Futures

A Special Report on the Rise of Child Labour in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

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Pakistan’s Deportation Drive Puts Afghan Women’s Lives at Risk

UN and rights groups condemn expulsions as women and children make up majority of returnees.

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Hidden in the Trunk: How Kandahar Erases Women from Public Life

In southern Afghanistan, women are forced into car trunks—exposing a deeply rooted system that erases them from public life.

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Open Mic: Ep 23 with Mahnaz Haidary

In this episode of The Afghan Times Podcast, we welcome Mahnaz Haidary, a 17-year-old Afghan girl and high school student…

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Taliban Arrest Children in Ghazni, Accuse Them of Selling Hair and Theft

Rights groups condemn arbitrary detention of minors amid rising abuse of power by Taliban authorities.

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