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Calls for release of Kabul University professor detained by Taliban

10/01/202208/07/2022

Supporters of a prominent university professor, and one of Afghanistan’s most vocal critics of the Taliban, are calling for his release after he was arrested on Saturday. Faizullah Jalal, a professor at Kabul University, was detained by the Taliban after the group […]

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Afghanistan’s refugee artists bring the colours of Kabul to Albania

04/01/202208/07/2022

Every night, after putting his 2-year-old son to bed, Muhajir sits down in the corner of his family’s small room in a refugee centre in Albania and starts writing in a notebook. For months he has been documenting his family’s […]

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‘We kept fighting’: Afghan soldier recalls political failures behind Kabul disaster

02/01/202208/07/2022

On the afternoon of August 15, the day Kabul fell to the Taliban, Ahmad Javid, a 37-year-old soldier in the Afghan security forces, was preparing to head north to test a new weapon system that his unit had finished training on the day […]

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Can Afghanistan’s underground “sneakernet” survive the Taliban?

26/11/202115/06/2022

When Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August, Mohammad Yasin had to make some difficult decisions very quickly. As the country reeled from the shock of the insurgent takeover, the 21-year-old—whose name has been changed to protect his safety—snuck into […]

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Taliban’s TV ban for women: ‘It’s as if we don’t exist in Afghanistan’

24/11/202115/06/2022

Afghan television personalities say the Taliban’s new rules controlling women on screen will exclude half of the population from popular culture. The Taliban’s reinstated Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice issued eight guidelines on Sunday, including a […]

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In Afghanistan, Climate Change Drives an Uptick in Child Marriage

17/11/202115/06/2022

IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, Rabia and her two young daughters were forced to leave their home in northern Afghanistan. While facing the threat of increased violence, their village was also in the midst of a severe drought that strained the […]

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A surgeon who helps burned Afghan women is now in hiding, afraid for her life

13/11/202115/06/2022

At 32 years old, Dr. K is old enough to remember the first time the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 1995. She was 7 when girls were banned from school. “For years, my mother ensured that we continued our […]

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Afghanistan set to resume battle against polio

23/10/202115/06/2022

About three months ago, Ahmad Zia’s family noticed that the boy of 2 was unable to move his legs. Despite their concern, they were unable to take him to a doctor because of the fighting between Taliban militants and government […]

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How the US failed evacuation efforts in Afghanistan

19/10/202115/06/2022

As the Taliban marched into Kabul on August 15, Zarifa*, a 32-year-old Afghan lawyer, knew she had to make some difficult decisions, fast. She faced threats from the insurgent group for her work in protecting women’s legal rights, and risked […]

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Afghanistan: dozens killed in blast at Kandahar mosque

15/10/202115/06/2022

At least 47 people were killed when a large explosion tore through a Shiite mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar during Friday prayers. Over 70 people are wounded, a Taliban official said. A suicide bomber detonated his vest […]

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