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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 What was once a fragile but growing space for women’s participation in public life has been replaced by one of the most restrictive systems of gender-based repression in the modern…

Taliban Deploys Forces To Badakhshan As Rift With Local Commander Deepens

Reports from Afghanistan’s north-eastern Badakhshan province indicate that internal Taliban tensions have reached a peak. Local sources said mediation efforts by the group’s leadership have failed, and Taliban army and intelligence units have been deployed…

Afghans Rally in Toronto to Support Detained Women in Herat

A group of Afghan citizens gathered in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday to protest the recent detention of women and girls by the Taliban in Herat. Demonstrators condemned the Taliban's treatment of women and called on…

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 campaign targeting undocumented Afghan nationals. In interviews with Future Afghanistan, they said they fled to…

French Parliament Hosts Two-Day Meeting On Afghanistan

Atwo-day conference on Afghanistan’s human rights situation and the ongoing crisis began on Wednesday at the French National Assembly, with French officials, a UN rapporteur and former Afghan leaders attending. Participants in the conference, titled Afghanistan…

Afghan-Pakistan crossing closure leaves students and families stranded

A report by AFP highlights the difficult situation faced by Pakistani and Afghan students and families in Afghanistan due to the continued closure of land crossings between the two countries.More than three months have passed since the crossings was closed, leaving students, merchants, and families unable to return home. Shah…

Afghan Migrants in Pakistan Forced to Demolish Homes Amid Deportation

A number of Afghan migrants residing in Pakistan say that Pakistani authorities have asked them to demolish their homes and return to Afghanistan. The Afghan migrants told, in recent weeks some families have been forced to destroy their shelters, an action that has left them…

From Kabul to Paris: The Young Woman Who Chased Her Dream of Fashion Across War, Borders and the Edge of Death

When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, thousands of Afghan women saw the futures they had spent years building disappear almost overnight. Many were forced into their homes, others fled into…

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…

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