What it takes to tell Afghan women’s stories
Founder of Rukhshana Media and one of TIME’s 2020 Women of the Year, Zahra Joya on what it takes to report in defiance of the Taliban.
Struggling to survive: Story of a challenging journey
"During the days that I lived under the dark shadow of the Taliban, I felt like a bird in a cage. Like a bird with wings, but no permission to fly," Afghan journalist Zahra Joya…
‘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.
‘The Day the Taliban Reached Kabul, it Turned into a Ghost City’
Afghan journalist Maryam Nabavi describes feelings of hope and despair after Kabul fell to the Taliban.
The Taliban’s Return Was the Death of Dreams
After two weeks of living under Taliban control, a youth activist decides it’s time to for her to leave Afghanistan. “This is not what our people deserve,” says Hosnia Mohseni, 30.
‘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.
Dangers of Being an Afghan Woman in Uniform
Inside the expensive and complicated NATO campaign to get more women into the Afghan security forces, and keep them alive.
The Dangers of Forcing Gender Equality in Afghanistan
The idea of supporting measures that expand gender equality seems like an easy call. But, as one Afghan woman's story shows, bolstering the ranks of women in security forces in a country like Afghanistan is…
