Opinion
Still Here, Still Playing
The Taliban tried to erase a generation. Four years later, Afghan women footballers are back — reclaiming visibility and freedom.
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.
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
Just for You
Stolen Childhoods, Silenced Futures
A Special Report on the Rise of Child Labour in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan
Pakistan’s Afghan Deportations Are a Moral and Humanitarian Disaster
The trucks rumble across the border, packed with men, women, and children—their…
Stolen Childhoods, Silenced Futures
This report from The Afghan Times investigates the worsening child labour crisis…
Still Here, Still Playing
When the Taliban banned women from sport in 2021, they didn’t just…
The Quiet Lessons Afghan Girls Carry
Loneliness is no longer something strange for Afghan girls like me. Back…
Editor's Pick
Education
The Taliban deferred inquiries on girls’ education “until further notice.”
The Taliban's Minister of Higher Education, Neda Mohammad Nadeem, announced…
