According to a statement from the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), Fareedullah Mohammadi, Mitra Majidi, and Nasir Ahmad Salehi, journalists from Tolo News in Kabul and Farah provinces, Mohammad Amin Kawa, a journalist from Hasht-e-Sobh newspaper, and Mohammad Tahir Ahmadi, a journalist from Rokhsana media, were awarded the Afghan Journalist of the Year 1402 prize.

Afghanistan has had its most terrifying historical journey in modern times over the past two years. The surrender of Afghanistan to the Taliban not only changed the country’s political system but also led to the destruction of hopes and the alteration of the destiny of millions of its citizens towards darkness and death. In this […]

Afghan Women’s News Agency – In a newsletter, the Afghan Journalists Center announced the confiscation of the equipment of three private media outlets, including two radios and one television, in Daikundi. The Taliban intelligence department in Daikundi Province confiscated the equipment of Aftab Radio, Daikundi Radio and Sabzha TV under the pretext that they are […]

Protesters have again taken to the streets in several parts of Afghanistan, defying Taliban pressure to stay at home. Dozens of demonstrators gathered near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul and Taliban gunmen opened fire to disperse them, protesters said. More demonstrations were reported in Parwan and Nimruz provinces. Photos have also emerged showing injuries inflicted […]

“We want equal rights, we want women in government,” dozens of female protesters chanted as they marched down a street in Kabul on Wednesday. A day earlier, the Taliban had announced their interim cabinet of ministers. There are no women in it, and they’ve also abolished the women’s affairs ministry. “We cannot accept this, and […]

Some women in Herat province complain about long queues and delays in obtaining passports. These women say that the long wait for obtaining passports has exhausted them, and some who needed to travel abroad for medical treatment have faced significant health challenges.

The US Department of State has stated in its annual report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan that 16 women out of 90 female prisoners in Samangan, Jowzjan, and Faryab in northern Afghanistan have become pregnant after being sexually assaulted by the Taliban, with at least 4 women reportedly executed by the Taliban in Samangan province after repeated assaults.

With the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, they simultaneously issued an order to close girls' schools above the sixth grade.

“The detention and torture of women and girls under the pretext of hijab guarantee the isolation of the Taliban. The detention of women and girls on the grounds of hijab, their torture, and any policies chosen by the Taliban to restrict Afghan women, ensure their isolation, resulting in the global community not recognizing them officially, […]

Twenty years ago, with the overthrow of the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan, many women stepped on the path of realizing women’s rights and realizing justice in Afghanistan. But how far did this path go after twenty years of efforts? In this conversation, read about Adela Mohseni one of the human rights activists who played […]

Afghanistan has had its most terrifying historical journey in modern times over the past two years. The surrender of Afghanistan to the Taliban not only changed the country’s political system but also led to the destruction of hopes and the alteration of the destiny of millions of its citizens towards darkness and death. In this […]

Afghan Women’s News Agency – Our sources in Karachi and Islamabad cities of Pakistan report that the police of this country raided the residences of Afghan immigrants and arrested them. According to the sources, a large number of immigrants, including women and children, were arrested and during the arrest, the women were separated from their children, […]

Afghan Women’s News Agency – Hamid Karzai, the former president of Afghanistan, spoke in a video conference with Thomas West, the special representative of the United States of America for Afghanistan, about the importance and impact of education of girls and boys in having a bright future and economic growth of Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai has […]

The members of the spontaneous movement of Afghan women fighters in Helmand and Samangan provinces protested against the Taliban and demanded bread, work and freedom for women. On the eve of the one year anniversary of the fall of the country to the Taliban, these women gathered in a closed place and announced their opposition […]

Like so many other women activists around the world, I am mourning the losses that the Taliban takeover, again, means for women and girls in Afghanistan. It’s a loss of hard-fought rights and for many, a loss of lives, as the targeting of women leaders and activists has already begun. What has also already begun […]

People who are tired of the war for power are disgusted by the prolongation of the war and violence. They criticize the government for not dealing with perpetrators and the founders of violence and catastrophes with a strong stance. Half of the people are willing to leave the country and the other half without having […]

With the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan, the gates of schools have been closed to girls above the sixth grade.

Due to the ongoing restrictions against girls and women by the Taliban, a group of women and girls in Kabul have recently initiated a protest movement under the name "Girls of Kabul." In reaction to the pressures imposed by the Taliban on women, they perform protest songs against the ruling group.

This year, the Presidential Medal of Courage of Kosovo was awarded to Afghan women in a ceremony titled "International Women's Assembly for Peace and Security."

The Purple Saturdays Movement, in welcoming the recent remarks of the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Congress, has once again emphasized that the Taliban, through the use of the US's weekly humanitarian aid of $40 million, have suppressed the people of Afghanistan, especially women, and strengthened terrorism and terrorist ideologies, establishing hundreds of jihadist schools to enhance suicide units and expand their cross-border operations.

Some women in Ghor province, who are the heads of their households, say that due to economic hardships, they have faced many difficulties during the Ramadan month, and now due to the high prices in the markets and the limited income they earn through labour, they cannot afford to prepare for Eid.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Several private educational centres in Kabul city have been closed due to the enrollment of female students above the sixth grade.