afghanistan Archives

News stories about Afghan women dying by suicide made Zahra Nader want to dig deeper. Getting people to open up took months.

by Zahra Nader

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on August 28, 2023. Subscribe here.

Protesters say U.N. should withdraw aid from Afghanistan rather than give in to Taliban ban on women workers.

by Zahra Joya

This article was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on April 17, 2023. Subscribe here.

The deteriorating status of women under Taliban rule is a strategic disaster for Washington.

by Xanthe Scharff

A new Taliban decree forbids Afghan women from working for foreign aid groups. We talk to two experts in the country about its impact.

by Eva Rodriguez

This Q&A was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on January 16, 2023. Subscribe here.

There are forces driving the erosion of women’s rights in Afghanistan, Iran and beyond, including in the United States.

by Eva Rodriguez

This Q&A was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on October 10, 2022. Subscribe here.

There are many dangers faced by the Afghan Queer community after the Taliban’s return to power.

by Zahra Nader

This Q&A was republished from a Fuller Project newsletter on April 25, 2022. Subscribe here.

Ordinary Afghan women share firsthand accounts on what life is like in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

This series was published in partnership with Rukhshana Media and The Fuller Project.

Girls’ education—once a signature achievement of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan—is increasingly under threat as the Taliban tightens its grip.

by Atefa Alizada & Amie Ferris-Rotman

Published in partnership with TIME and Rukhshana Media.

An attack on a Kabul maternity ward comes at a time when the future of women’s health efforts in Afghanistan is already complicated.

by Sophia Jones

This article was originally published in TIME.

Afghanistan is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and one of the least equipped to handle what’s to come.

by Sophia Jones

This article was originally published in National Geographic.

Washington failed at the most promising path toward stability in Afghanistan: keeping the country’s women alive.

by Sophia Jones and Christina Asquith

This article was originally published in Foreign Policy.

A pair of sisters fight to save women in Afghanistan's only oncology ward.

by Sophia Jones

This article was originally published in ELLE.