Afghanistan
'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.
Women in Afghanistan are devastated by the Taliban’s ban on beauty salons
After Taliban ban, women NGO workers in Afghanistan struggle to make ends meet
Afghans who fled to the US hope that Congress will fix their status
US special envoy: Taliban ‘puts women’s right at peril everywhere’
He spoke out against banning girls’ education. The Taliban silenced him.
Ismail Mashal used to teach at two universities in Afghanistan. He ran his own education centers and was an outspoken critic of the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education. He was arrested earlier this month, along with another academic and a journalist.
'There is hope': Malala Yousafzai promotes tolerance, connection with new documentary
Malala Yousafzai's new Oscar-nominated documentary, "Stranger at the Gate," features a former US marine suffering from PTSD who sets out to bomb a mosque in Indiana, but changes his life around after the community embraces him. Yousafzai joins The World's Marco Werman to discuss the film and her own experiences.
A Chinese company strikes a deal with the Taliban to extract oil from Afghanistan
Beijing signs onto a deal with the Taliban to extract oil from the north of Afghanistan. Graeme Smith, a senior consultant for the International Crisis Group, discusses the implications of the agreement with The World's host Carol Hills.
Afghan women say they are ‘dying in slow motion’ after killing of former female MP
Mursal Nabizada, who decided to remain in Afghanistan after the Taliban took over in 2021, was killed by gunmen on Jan. 15, along with her bodyguard. A friend and former colleague of hers, Fawzia Koofi, speaks with The World’s host Marco Werman about her memories of Nabizada and the ongoing plight of women in the country.
‘I am living through my worst nightmare’: Women aid workers in Afghanistan react to ban on employment
Women who work for nongovernmental organizations in Afghanistan are in shock after the group announced a ban on female employees.
Education for women 'is an Afghan value and an Islamic right,' says male professor in solidarity against university ban
Male faculty members have stood up in solidarity with Afghan women following a Taliban decree banning them from attending universities. Obaidullah Baheer, a lecturer at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, discusses the situation with The World's host Marco Werman.
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.
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.
Safe and unsilenced: Afghan scholars find refuge at US universities
As they watched the Taliban take over Kabul, a group of Bay Area universities got together to bring Afghan scholars to the US by funding their residencies.
'We are erased': The fight to reopen girls secondary schools in Afghanistan continues
This past week, girls in the province of Paktia in eastern Afghanistan went to the streets to protest. The Taliban had reopened their schools but ordered them shut again. Girls’ education in Afghanistan has become a sensitive topic since the Taliban came to power last year. They have closed down nearly all secondary schools for girls in the country.