Afghan women tell us how their lives have changed
Ahead of International Women’s Day, we asked three Afghan women how their lives had changed since the Taliban took over. These are their stories.
Zahra Nader
‘We have to fight back.’ Afghan women are losing their hard-won right to work under the Taliban
Afghan women's participation in the workforce rose steadily in the 20 years after the Taliban were ousted from government. Since they returned to power, those gains have been rapidly eroding. Now activists fear a new edict mandating the burqa in public could destroy them altogether.
Forced back into the burqa, Afghan women speak out
Afghan women are speaking out in protest of the Taliban’s decree mandating women wear a burqa or niqab at all times in public.
“Afghanistan is hell for queer and trans people”
There are many dangers faced by the Afghan Queer community after the Taliban’s return to power.
What the Taliban means for queer Afghans
During the US occupation, little was done to build a support network for the LGBTQ+ community in Afghanistan. Now their lives are in danger as they struggle to flee.
Dating in the time of the Taliban
For most Young Afghans coming of age under US occupation, the Taliban was a history lesson. For them, mingling in restaurants and dating was normal. Now, everything has changed.
Afghanistan’s new government imposes discriminatory restrictions on healthcare
A new requirement from the Taliban— that women be accompanied by a male chaperone when seeking healthcare—is preventing many Afghan women from getting the treatment they need at a time when the country is facing a severe economic crisis, food insecurity and a massive spike in COVID-19 cases.
Dispatches From Afghanistan: 'The Humiliation I Experienced Just to Escape the Taliban'
Get trampled or crawl through sewage? An Afghan woman describes the "humiliating" conditions fleeing Afghans faced while trying to escape Afghanistan after the Taliban took over.
Dispatches from Afghanistan: 'The Taliban Came and Killed My Spirit!'
A school teacher in central Afghanistan laments the loss of educational opportunities for girls and women since the Taliban took control.
‘I Wish We Had Died Rather Than Live Through That Day’: Dispatches From the Women of Afghanistan
Ordinary Afghan women share firsthand accounts on what life is like in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
‘They Left Us to the Taliban’
Six Afghan women describe their feelings of fear, anger, and betrayal in the wake of America’s departure.
What Afghanistan’s women stand to lose
For the past 20 years, Afghan women were told to chase their dreams. But within days of the Taliban takeover, Afghan women are mourning their working lives and freedom.
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