The Hill: Almost two years after American soldiers swiftly packed and left the nation’s longest-running war in Afghanistan, the Taliban are still targeting tens of thousands of Afghans left behind. Among them are Afghan women journalists. The United States recognized the risks Afghanistan’s female journalists would face under a Taliban takeover. Click here to read
DW: A headscarf is not enough: The Taliban is punishing cab drivers for transporting women not covered up with burqas. As a result, fewer and fewer women are traveling in cities. Click here to read more (external link).
Aamaj: Nasrullah Huzaifah, the Taliban security commander, raped a young girl in Takhar last week, and the Taliban called him to Kabul after the victim’s family complained. This is not the first time that Taliban officials are accused of sexually assaulting women and girls. After the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan, the number of
ESPN: Khalida Popal and a handful of members of the Afghanistan Women’s Team (AWT) she helped found 16 years ago arrived at Federation Square just in time to watch the kickoff of Australia’s opening game of the Women’s World Cup last Thursday. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 25, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Taliban authorities in Afghanistan enforced a nationwide ban on beauty parlors Tuesday after the expiration of a one-month deadline for owners to close the businesses, leaving tens of thousands of women without work in a country grappling with poverty. Since returning to power nearly two years ago,
AP: As the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan, in the summer of 2021, Fahima Sultani and her fellow university students tried for days to get into the Kabul airport, only to be turned away by gun-wielding extremists. “No education, just go back home,” she recalled one shouting. Click here to read more (external
Al Jazeera: A martial arts coach and his former student are training women in Afghanistan virtually from Norway. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: The first round of university examinations of the 1402 solar year was held on Thursday in 11 of 34 provinces without the presence of female students. According to the officials, the examination will be taken in two days, in which at least 24,000 people are attending. Meanwhile, some of the female students who
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 19, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Taliban forces in Afghanistan fired shots into the air and used fire hoses Wednesday to forcefully disperse dozens of women staging protests in Kabul over a recent nationwide ban on beauty salons. Witnesses said the incident happened as around 30 female owners and workers gathered outside their
An Afghan refugee seeking asylum in the United States is now captivating audiences onscreen, portraying a character she has a lot in common with. In her first-ever acting role, Anaita Wali Zada plays a haunted young immigrant named Donya who finds herself beached in the northern California city of Fremont. Her new life: working in