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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
Social justice

Ben Roberts-Smith's arrest won't erase the pain for Afghans but it shows Australia is willing to face uncomfortable truths | Shadi Khan Saif

fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
Social justice

Ben Roberts-Smith's arrest won't erase the pain for Afghans but it shows Australia is willing to face uncomfortable truths | Shadi Khan Saif

Social media marketing
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago

Should Western influencers promote Talibanrun Afghanistan?

Travel influencers create sensational content about unconventional destinations, often ignoring safety warnings and presenting a skewed view of places like Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
#iran
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

As a Palestinian, I stand in solidarity with the Iranian people. Here's why

Western promises of freedom often mask imperialistic desires for control and domination, leaving oppressed peoples wary of foreign intervention.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

The Islamic Republic has not crushed the Iranian people's resolve. This war will not do so either | Azar Nafisi

Writers must give voice to the silenced and recreate their stories, especially during times of suffering like those faced by the Iranian people.
SF parents
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

Abandoned by America

An Afghan family in Pakistan faces deportation and danger due to their association with the U.S. military and the current refugee policies.
#taliban
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Fear, defiance, and anger: Iranians describe life under bombardment

The Islamic Republic, which killed hundreds of thousands of people in Iraq and Syria, killed and tortured hundreds of thousands of Iranians in the most brutal way after all these years, and which now wants to have nuclear weapons: we, the Iranian people, who have lived with them for half a century, know how ridiculous their claim to be peaceful was.
US news
#pakistan-afghanistan-conflict
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to temporary Eid al-Fitr pause' in conflict

Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to a five-day ceasefire during Eid al-Fitr, requested by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkiye, with immediate resumption if cross-border attacks occur.
Healthcare
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Families search for loved ones after deadly Pakistan strikes on Kabul rehab

Pakistani air strike on Kabul's Omar Addiction Treatment Hospital killed hundreds of civilians according to Taliban authorities, while Pakistan denies targeting civilians and claims precision strikes on military installations.
Women in technology
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Shahrnush Parsipur: The women of Iran will cause the fall of the Islamic Republic'

Shahrnush Parsipur's banned novella Women Without Men, longlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize, uses magical realism to condemn the policing of women's bodies in Iran through five women's stories converging in a garden refuge.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Afghan asylum seeker dies the day after being detained by ICE: His family deserves answers'

It is not normal for a healthy 41-year-old man to die less than 24 hours after being taken into government custody, said Shawn VanDiver, president of AfghanEvac, a San Diego-based group that helps Afghans who sought refuge in the United States after cooperating with U.S. authorities during the war in Afghanistan.
US news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'Iran's women are heroes - they want to be free'

Imagine the pressure. You want to compete at your best, but then before even the game starts you have to decide how you're going to stand, how you're going to look and what you're going to do. I just think that's so unfair. The players were confused about what to do. If they salute and sing the national anthem, they are embraced and endeared by the government. If they do that, the fans, the Iranian people hate them.
World news
US politics
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Afghanistan: US accuses Taliban of 'hostage diplomacy'

The US designated Afghanistan a 'State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention,' accusing the Taliban of holding Americans as leverage through hostage diplomacy tactics.
Women
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

1. Afghanistan: Forbidden women

Afghan women face severe restrictions on work, education, and public participation, with limited employment opportunities further diminished by NGO funding cuts.
Women in technology
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Why young girls are disguised as boys in Afghanistan

Taliban released a video interrogating a 13-year-old girl dressed as a boy, highlighting severe restrictions on women's rights and economic survival under their rule.
Women
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The secret Afghan women's book club defying the Taliban to read Orwell

Afghan women form secret weekly reading circles to reclaim education, explore oppression and patriarchy, and resist Taliban restrictions through literature.
Women in technology
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Malala: Reading a book alone in her room is an act of resistance for an Afghan girl'

Malala advocates for recognizing the systematic erasure of women in Afghanistan as gender apartheid, seeking legal classification during UN negotiations on crimes against humanity.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Taliban are burning musical instruments in the name of morality. It is an assault on all culture

The Taliban systematically destroys Afghanistan's musical culture through instrument burning, music bans, and persecution of musicians as part of their fundamentalist enforcement of sharia law.
Women
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Photographer Valentina Sinis' portrayal of Afghan women: They all wanted to tell their story'

Afghan women sustain private acts of resistance and everyday life under Taliban rule, documented through photography to assert their presence and dignity.
World news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

For years the Taliban told women to cover up in public. Now they're cracking down

Taliban authorities in Herat enforce strict face-covering rules, barring women from hospitals and transport and compelling burkas or conservative alternatives like the chaddar.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

The Taliban's new penal code: Two weeks days in jail for breaking a woman's arm and five months for mistreating a camel

Afghanistan's new penal code legalizes violence against women while imposing harsher penalties for animal mistreatment, codifying systematic gender-based oppression under Taliban rule.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Afghan Taliban attacks met with Pakistani strikes on Kabul

Afghanistan and Pakistan engaged in escalating border fighting on Thursday, with conflicting accounts of casualties and territorial gains, stemming from tensions following the Taliban's 2021 return to power.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

The death of medical care for Afghan women | Letter

Taliban bans on contraception, female education and work, plus rising child marriage for dowries, create a catastrophic healthcare and human-rights crisis for Afghan women.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Fatima Bhutto on secrets, lies and surviving coercive control podcast

Fatima Bhutto endured familial violence and childhood trauma, suffered a long-term abusive relationship she concealed, and ultimately escaped and recovered.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Sara Khadem: The people of Iran have done their part, but they alone cannot resolve this situation'

Sara Khadem asserts regime change in Iran is imminent, any solution stopping civilian massacres is welcome, and international support is urgently needed.
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