Former Pak Envoy: Taliban Support for Terrorists Risks Repeat of 9/11 Attacks
Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s former envoy for Afghanistan, says the Taliban’s harbouring of terrorist groups risks a repeat of the 9/11…
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Women Living Under Taliban Rule: The Systematic Erasure of Rights and Freedom
Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, the lives of Afghan women and girls have undergone a dramatic and devastating transformation. What was once a fragile but growing space for women’s participation in public life has been replaced by one of the most restrictive systems of gender-based repression in the modern…
Former Afghan Judges in Pakistan Fear Deportation Amid Ongoing Crackdown on Undocumented Refugees
A number of former Afghan judges living in exile in Pakistan have expressed growing concern over the country's ongoing deportation…
Ghazni Residents Build 31-Kilometer Road with Personal Funds
Residents of Qarabagh district in Ghazni province have started building a 31-kilometer road at their own expense after facing years of challenges due to the lack of proper roads. According to local residents, the project…
Bennett says Taliban’s ‘Law on Preachers’ may lead to religious discrimination
Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, has expressed concern over the Taliban’s newly published “Law on Preachers”, saying it appears to discriminate on religious grounds. Bennett said in a post…
Education activist Matiullah Wesa wins France’s 2026 Liberty Prize
Matiullah Wesa, an Afghan advocate for education rights and a prominent campaigner for girls’ schooling, has been named the recipient of France’s 2026 Liberty Prize, organizers announced. The award, presented by the Normandy regional government…
Wife of local singer killed in attack in Badakhshan
The wife of Salam Matftoon, a local singer, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, local sources said, in the latest in a series of killings reported across the…
No known intelligence that Iran moved uranium: US defense chief
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said he was unaware of any intelligence suggesting Iran had moved any of its highly enriched uranium to shield it from U.S. strikes, amid continuing questions about the state of Iran’s nuclear program. U.S. military bombers carried out strikes against three Iranian nuclear…
32 Afghan Migrants Found Hidden in Sewage Tanker in Turkey
Turkish media have reported that the country’s police arrested 32 Afghan migrants who were hidden in a sewage tanker truck. According to the reports, police in Diyarbakır, during an operation on Friday, discovered and detained the Afghan migrants who had concealed themselves inside the tank…
A Voice Gone Too Soon, Who was Shirin Hazara?
Shirin Hazara grew up knowing what it meant to live with struggle. She was born in Jaghuri, Ghazni, in Afghanistan, and spent her childhood surrounded by the kind of poverty many Afghan children know too…
Acting Became a Symbol of Lost Dreams: The Story of Samere Rezaie
Long before cameras, scripts, and film festivals, Samere Rezaie was just a six-year-old girl sitting in front of a television—watching, imagining, and quietly stepping into another world. “I was acting while watching films,” she recalls.…
Strength Beyond Borders: The Journey of an Afghan woman Bodybuilding Champion
At 28, Shahnaz Azizi carries a strength that goes far beyond the physical. Her journey began in Herat, where she was born, but her childhood was quickly shaped by loss. She was only five years old…
Exile, Fear, and Defiance: The Story of a Woman Who Would Not Back Down
Since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, Afghan women have been pushed out of schools, workplaces, and public life with a speed that shocked the world. In a matter of days, freedoms that…
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