Articles

After the closure of girls’ secondary schools and then an attack on her education centre, a student says her hopes have been dashed by the Taliban’s recent university ban for women.

While studying for a PhD in Pakistan, university lecturer Maihan had her income cut-off by the Taliban. Now she faces poverty in Afghanistan.

As a Hazara woman in Afghanistan, the challenges facing Shabana are two-fold.

An Afghan school teacher says the closure of girls' secondary schools has changed her perspective on life.

Fearing reprisal after the Taliban's takeover, a judge says he and his family moved addresses multiple times, and claims some of his colleagues were detained.

A journalist who claims he was detained and beaten by the Taliban says he still fears for his life, despite leaving Afghanistan.

A former government worker says he has burned his certificates and documents connected to his previous roles.

A former journalist and women's rights activist says she is in hiding after the Taliban searched her family's home.

An owner of a women’s handicrafts company says her sons must accompany her on business trips to other provinces in Afghanistan due to the Taliban's restrictions.

After numerous threats, the prosecutor says she has moved out of her family's home and has changed her number several times.

The volunteer and writer has provided humanitarian aid for nearly six years, but says it is too risky to continue under the Taliban's rule.