By Rick Gladstone . Even with all the rising measures of mayhem in Afghanistan’s long war — civilian casualties, suicide bombings and refugees, to name a few — the number of children out of school had been falling. Until now. A study released Monday by Unicef shows that Afghanistan’s out-of-school population has risen to 3.7 […]

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 […]

For Shukria Barakzai, 15 August seemed, at first, an unremarkable Sunday morning. A prominent journalist and politician, a former member of the Afghan parliament and ambassador to Norway, she was a frequent traveller. She already had a few bags packed, as she was due to fly to Turkey later that day for a brief trip. […]

The Taliban in Afghanistan are currently on a media offensive to present themselves as a viable, legitimate government. But does their rhetoric match what’s happening on the ground?

Following targeted assassinations of women; This time, Zahra Jalal, the representative of the urban governance network and the provincial coordinator of Afghan Women News Agency in Khost province, has been captured by the Taliban group. Initial information shows that the Taliban had taken Ms. Jalal and her family members to the Zarghun area of Mohammad […]

1. The protesting women members of the Afghan Women’s Alliance and Solidarity held a gathering in a closed place in Kabul on the occasion of the anniversary of the fall of the Afghan government to the hands of the Taliban wearing black mourning clothes and announced that in mourning for a year of misery, Afghan […]

Afghan Women’s News Agency has counted and documented the events related to women from poverty and deprivation to the closure of girls’ schools and women’s protests from August 15th, 2021, the day of the fall of the former regime, to August 15th, 2022, one year since the Taliban took control of the country. The events […]

1. The Taliban denied the reopening of girls’ schools. The official page of the Ministry of Education published a press invitation on Twitter, in which it announced the reopening of girls’ schools on the order of the Taliban leader. But Taliban officials called the letter fake and said that the reopening of girls’ schools is […]

1. A man killed 9 members of his family in Nimroz province, including his two wives and children. According to security sources, the man was named Waiss and killed all of his family members because his family opposed his third marriage. Two days after the incident, the man’s body was found by locals. He is […]

January 1 Murder of 45 journalists in 2021; Afghanistan is at the top. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says at least 45 journalists and media employees have been killed in 2021 and other 365 are still in prison. Afghanistan tops the list of countries with the highest number of journalists killed with 9 deaths. […]

October 2 On October 2, unidentified individuals abducted and then killed an 11-year-old girl in Kabul named Forouzan. October 3 The body of a 10-year-old girl was found in a house in Kabul. The girl, whose identity was not disclosed to the media, was stabbed to death. Three women and two men were arrested by […]

Afghanistan is a war-torn country that has undergone tremendous political changes in the last two decades. Health, the provision of health services and health workers, especially nurses and midwives have been affected by these changes. Many significant changes took place after the transitional government of President Karzai and after that during the presidency of Mohammad […]

Queen of Europe was once one of Angela Merkel’s many nicknames. But now Germany’s powerful chancellor is poised to turn her back on politics following this month’s elections, I’m not sure that royal label will stick. True: Angela Merkel is, by far, the longest-serving amongst current EU leaders. She’s participated in an estimated 100 EU […]