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The future of young people in Afghanistan: forced to be silent, without questioning anything

23-10-2026

Books exhibited at the University of Kabul to encourage reading among students. With the Taliban, books that encourage critical thinking are prohibited.

Married in Afghanistan: "Whenever my husband wants sex, I cannot say no"

09-10-2026

A woman and a man get married in Kabul, in an archive image.

Trapped in Afghanistan: when studying abroad becomes an impossible mission

11-09-2026

Taliban flags in Kabul

We expected the Taliban to change, but we had to change

15-08-2026

A group of Afghan women receive training as police officers in a classroom of a police station, in an archive image from November 2022. Even then, women police officers were very residual. Now there are none.

We expected the Taliban to change, but we changed

14-08-2026

A group of Afghan women receive training as police officers in a classroom of a police station, in an archive image from November 2022. Even then, women police officers were very residual. Now there are none.

Forced marriages: "The only thing that stopped it was my threat to take my own life"

31-07-2026

A girl, about to burst into tears on her wedding day in Kabul.

The Taliban ban smartphones to government officials

10-07-2026

An Afghan man uses a mobile phone after the gradual restoration of internet and telecommunications services in Kabul, cut off for almost three days by order of the Taliban authorities.

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