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#Afghanistan#Herat#Journalism#Taliban#Taliban Siege 2021

Fears grow for photojournalist arrested by Taliban as executions resume

29/09/202115/06/2022

Fears are growing for a photojournalist who has been detained by the Taliban for more than three weeks after being arrested while covering the women’s protests in Herat. Morteza Samadi, 21, a freelance photographer, was one of several journalists who were arrested […]

#Afghan Food#Afghanistan#Features#Food#Herat#Latest#Profile

Can Good Saffron Change Lives? Mohammad Salehi Thinks So.

22/06/202123/06/2021

It is a warm spring afternoon in Herat Province in western Afghanistan. The winter was unseasonably short, and Mohammad Salehi is concerned that might have affected the sun-loving crops. Salehi closely inspects each deep-orange strand in the palm of his hand. […]

#Afghanistan#Herat

Hundreds of oil tankers explode on Afghanistan-Iran border in blaze visible from space

13/02/202125/04/2021

A fire caused hundreds of fuel tankers to explode at the Afghanistan-Iran border on Saturday, injuring 17 people and damaging trade and humanitarian services in the western Afghan province of Herat. The blaze broke out in the early afternoon at […]

#Afghanistan#Conflict#Coronavirus#Features#Herat#Latest#Mental Health#Taliban#Violence Against Women#Women

Domestic abuse: ‘Women in Herat may survive coronavirus but not lockdown’ – The Guardian

21/04/202026/05/2020

Every morning Marzia Akbari, a 25-year-old psychologist from the western Afghan city of Herat, wakes up, picks up her phone and starts calling women. Most calls go unanswered. Since Herat was put in lockdown two weeks ago, Akbari’s work as […]

#Afghanistan#Coronavirus#Features#Herat#Kabul#Latest#Taliban

With Taliban Help, Afghanistan Girds for a Virus – Undark

02/04/202015/04/2020

ON MARCH 13, 50-year-old Sayeed Karim attended Friday prayers at his mosque in Mangalha, a remote village in Baghlan Province in northern Afghanistan. While there, he and his neighbors were presented with a unique public information session issued by local Taliban […]

#Afghanistan#Features#Herat#History#Latest

Herat’s restored synagogues reveal Afghanistan’s Jewish past – Al Jazeera

04/02/202015/04/2020

Herat, Afghanistan – The narrow road that leads to the Yu Aw synagogue in the ancient city of Herat in western Afghanistan is lined with traditional mud homes that, despite their rough exterior, are fine examples of centuries-old architectural dexterity. Ghulam Sakhi, the […]

#Addiction#Afghanistan#Children#Conflict#Daesh#Drugs#Features#Herat#ISIS#Latest#Refugees#Taliban

Why Iran Is Deporting Scores of Afghan Refugees – Foreign Policy

14/01/202014/04/2020

It had been more than three decades since 48-year-old Zahra, who asked to be identified only by her first name, left Afghanistan with her husband to escape the increasing violence that would plague her country for many years to come. […]

#Afghanistan#Children#Conflict#Economy#Features#Herat#Taliban

Afghan parents are selling their children into marriage and labour to stave off poverty – The National

28/12/201914/04/2020

As the people of the ancient western Afghan city of Herat settle in for a cold December evening, the residents of a relatively new tent settlement brace themselves for a harsh night nearby. “We own nothing, except the two tents […]

#Afghanistan#Children#Conflict#Daesh#Features#Herat#Iran#ISIS#Refugees

Afghan children describe boomerang immigration and deportation from Iran – The National

24/12/201915/04/2020

Bilal Mohammadi sits protectively close to his younger brother Abdul in a large crowded hall filled with loud chatter from hundreds of Afghans surrounding them. Most of the surrounding crowd at the refugee reception centre at Zero Point on the […]

#Afghanistan#Archive#Conflict#Herat#Kabul#Nangarhar#Taliban

Life of Afghans, under fire and fury

10/09/201723/04/2018

In just the last two weeks, 29 Afghan civilians are estimated to have lost theirs lives to U.S. air strikes, a substantial spike since U.S. President Donald Trump announced his strategy for Afghanistan.

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