Afghans selling their kids to survive
😑😢In one of the southern provinces of Afghanistan, people are selling their children due to poverty. Boys $228 and girls $114 https://t.co/2oB6zj93tE — Natiq Malikzada (@natiqmalikzada) September 22, 2021
Category Archives: Society
Afghan Women Stage Protest In Kabul To Demand Right To Work, Study
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 19, 2021 A group of Afghan women staged a protest in the capital, Kabul, on September 19, to demand the right to work and study. Videos shared by local media show a group of nearly two dozen women gathering in front of what was until recently the Women’s Affairs Ministry,
Angry and afraid, Afghanistan’s LGBTQ community say they’re being hunted down after Taliban takeover
CNN: It’s not clear yet how severely the Taliban will enforce its strict religious laws against Afghanistan’s LGBTQ citizens. No official statement has been made, but in an interview with Germany’s Bild newspaper in July, one Taliban judge said there were only two punishments for homosexuality — stoning or being crushed under a wall. Click
‘Buried’ Dreams: Afghan Runner Challenges Taliban Claim That Uniforms Violate Islamic Norms
By Farangis Najibullah Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 16, 2021 A championship runner in Kabul says the uniforms she and other Afghan sportswomen wore in domestic and international competitions fully covered their bodies and didn’t violate the Islamic hijab norms as the Taliban claims. The 24-year-old professional athlete, whose name is being withheld for her protection,
Afghan women push back against Taliban’s implementation of foreign culture
"Afghan life is all about color." Afghan women are posting photos of their colorful traditional dress, to challenge the all-black, fully covered image propagated by the Taliban. pic.twitter.com/52jbIcuXjg — DW News (@dwnews) September 13, 2021
Afghans Face ‘Most Perilous Hour,’ Guterres Tells Donor Conference
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 13, 2021 The United Nations human rights chief has criticized the Taliban’s record since seizing control of Afghanistan last month as the UN hosts a high-level conference to raise more than $600 million for the war-torn country to avoid a looming humanitarian crisis. Addressing the September 13 donor conference
Afghanistan, 20 Years After the September 11 Attacks
Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News September 11, 2021 ISLAMABAD – Twenty-four-year-old Tamana Zaryab Paryani is too young to remember the last Taliban rule, from 1996-2001, but she recalls the horror stories her mother told her. “My mother said Taliban were a terrorist group … it was a brutal time. They used to stone people to death,”
Not Keeping Its Word: Afghan Woman Quits Job After Pressure From Taliban
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 11, 2021 KABUL — A young Afghan woman has quit her job at a private foreign-language center in Kabul after what she described as intimidation and harassment by Taliban fighters stationed outside her workplace. The 24-year-old English teacher — whose name is being withheld for her protection — returned to
Fearing Taliban Crackdown, Afghan Musicians Are Already Falling Silent
Habibullah Shabab found his calling as a singer — but since the Taliban’s return to power, he’s given up performing and instead makes a living as a shopkeeper. The Taliban has not yet imposed a ban on music as it did in the 1990s, but Shabab and others fear such a policy is imminent,
Afghan dad trying to sell daughter to keep family from starving
New York Post: A desperate Afghan dad has said he is prepared to sell his daughter for just $580 so he can save the rest of his family of seven from starvation — and give the 4-year-old a chance at a better life. Ex-cop Mir Nazir told the Times of London he is already in