In 2018, Samira Asghari became the first representative from Afghanistan to join the International Olympic Committee. She has ...

A commemoration marking the first anniversary of the Kaaj Education Center attack in western Kabul, 2023. Photo: Social media On September 30, 2022, a suicide bomber attacked the Kaaj Educational ...

I was a child when the Taliban first ruled Afghanistan. Yet some of what I witnessed on the streets of Kabul remains very clear to me. I saw women being beaten by Taliban members with cables. I saw ...

This narrative has been published in partnership with the Guardian. My name is Leima*. I am 24 years old. I was studying computer science at a private university in Nangarhar province. I was in my ...

This narrative has been published in partnership with the Guardian. My name is Fatema*. I am 32 years old and a mother of six children: four sons and two daughters. Every day, my sister Marzia and I ...

This narrative has been published in partnership with the Guardian. My day begins at 4:00 in the morning. After waking up, I pray and read the Quran until the sky begins to brighten. Then I pick up ...

This narrative has been published in partnership with the Guardian. Coffee is my therapy. Every morning, as soon as I get out of bed, the first thing I reach for is a cup of coffee. At the same time, ...

Rada Akbar is one of the most distinguished figures in contemporary art. The prominent Afghan visual artist, photographer, and cultural activist turns art into a tool for storytelling, awareness, and ...

This story, reported by Zan Times, is supported by IWPR’s Impact Reporting program, helping local journalists around the world make a difference. It has been published in partnership with ...

Sabza with the her daughter, who was promised to her future husband when she was three, to repay a debt of about £3,570. Photograph: Neda Noran and Atousa Azar for Zan Times This report has been ...

This report has been published in partnership with the Guardian. The Taliban have ordered a sweeping ban on the use of smartphones by government officials – in what some analysts say could foreshadow ...

It was around 2 p.m. on Friday when I learned about the Taliban’s notice making their hijab rules mandatory and warning of the arrest of women who don’t dress accordingly. That same afternoon, my ...