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Women providing services within a beauty salon

'We are dead inside:’ Women in Afghanistan protest Taliban ban of beauty salons

The ban will come into effect in five days, leaving roughly 60,000 women out of work.

'We are dead inside:’ Women in Afghanistan protest Taliban ban of beauty salons
women with signs

After Taliban ban, women NGO workers in Afghanistan struggle to make ends meet

After Taliban ban, women NGO workers in Afghanistan struggle to make ends meet
staff in lobby area

Prominent Afghan news organization reports on life under Taliban rule from Maryland 

Prominent Afghan news organization reports on life under Taliban rule from Maryland 
A Taliban fighter stands guard as people wait to receive food rations distributed by a South Korean humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 10, 2022.

Afghan women say they are ‘dying in slow motion’ after killing of former female MP

Afghan women say they are ‘dying in slow motion’ after killing of former female MP
women and a baby

‘I am living through my worst nightmare’: Women aid workers in Afghanistan react to ban on employment

‘I am living through my worst nightmare’: Women aid workers in Afghanistan react to ban on employment
Smoke rises from a hotel building after an explosions and gunfire in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2022.

Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul

Three Afghan locals have been killed, with others injured — including two foreigners — after gunmen attacked a Kabul hotel frequented by Chinese nationals on Monday.

Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul
woman against wall

These Afghan women soldiers made it out of Afghanistan. Their next battle is making it in the US.

About 40 members of a special, all-women Afghan platoon that worked alongside the US military barely made it out of Afghanistan last year. Now, they want to put their training to use even though they remain in a legal limbo. But that hasn’t stopped them learning English and getting an education. 

These Afghan women soldiers made it out of Afghanistan. Their next battle is making it in the US.
Taliban fighters celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the US Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan

Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount

Monday marks a year since the Taliban seized the Afghan capital Kabul, a rapid takeover that triggered a hasty escape of the nation's Western-backed leaders, sent the economy into a tailspin and fundamentally transformed the country.

Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount
Biden at a podium

Top al-Qaeda leader killed with help from on-the-ground intel on his whereabouts, analyst says

President Joe Biden has announced that the US has killed al-Qaeda’s top leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan. Zawahiri was on the US' most-wanted list and had a $25 million bounty on his head.

Top al-Qaeda leader killed with help from on-the-ground intel on his whereabouts, analyst says
students and a teacher

Afghan women who escaped Taliban takeover continue their education at a Wisconsin university

The students were able to escape Kabul because of the efforts of their school, the Asian University for Women in Bangladesh, which was holding remote classes for the students living in Kabul during the coronavirus pandemic. 

Afghan women who escaped Taliban takeover continue their education at a Wisconsin university
TV anchor Khatereh Ahmadi bows her head while wearing a face covering as she reads the news on TOLOnews, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 22, 2022. 

‘They may not know my face in the future’: Female news anchors anguished by Taliban order to cover head to toe

There is concern that the Taliban may decide to ban female anchors altogether from the newsroom according to their interpretation of Islamic law. 

‘They may not know my face in the future’: Female news anchors anguished by Taliban order to cover head to toe
An Afghan woman waits to receive a food ration distributed by a South Korea humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 10, 2022.

Afghan women say Taliban's new rules aim to make them 'disappear from public life'

The Taliban in Afghanistan have announced new rules requiring women to cover their faces when in public. The decree also says that women should only leave home when necessary. This is the latest in a series of restrictions imposed on women since the group came to power last summer.

Afghan women say Taliban's new rules aim to make them 'disappear from public life'
Afghan refugees walk through an Afghan refugee camp at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, New Jersey, on Sept. 27, 2021. 

6 months after evacuation, thousands of Afghan families are waiting to reunite

​​​​​​​Ahmad Naem Wakili, who worked as a judge in Afghanistan, landed in Arizona after getting evacuated from the country last August. But a bureaucratic quagmire is still keeping his wife and daughter abroad. Thousands of others face a similar legal limbo. 

6 months after evacuation, thousands of Afghan families are waiting to reunite
The luxurious Rafaelo resort is in stark contrast with the conditions in Afghanistan. At least 2,000 Afghans feel fortunate to stay here but also guilty about those left behind.

Afghans endure indefinite limbo at 5-star hotel in Albania

More than 2,000 Afghans are currently living at an upscale hotel in Albania, awaiting visa processing for the US and Canada. But behind the luxurious façade — guilt and uncertainty reign.

Afghans endure indefinite limbo at 5-star hotel in Albania
Afghan women chant during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 21, 2021.

‘We have no future’: Afghan women protest Taliban restrictions

The US has ended its war in Afghanistan, the bombs have stopped falling and the Taliban are back in power. But life hasn't improved for millions of Afghans under the new government.

‘We have no future’: Afghan women protest Taliban restrictions