Afghan female artists refuse to be silenced. Despite Taliban bans on music and art, they work in exile to keep their cultural ...

A popular Afghan singer has been missing for more than a month in Kabul, where she shot to fame with her performance on a popular television talent show nearly a decade ago. Zulala Hashimi’s husband ...

For decades, women in Afghanistan have been among the first and easiest victims of fundamentalist fascism and imperialism. In ...

With traditional Afghan music tinkling in the background, attendees at St. Anthony Hall viewed vibrant portraits of Afghan women Friday evening. Dozens of students and Yale affiliates gathered to ...

In the Room, the 2025 Audience Award — Showcase winner at the Vancouver International Film Festival, will be landing on the National Film Board (NFB) website for free streaming beginning Nov. 25. The ...

Among Afghans, there is a saying: “A woman can only be defeated by a woman.” In today’s Afghanistan, this expression takes on a painfully literal meaning. With women and girls barred from schools, ...

On July 31, 2025, a coalition of civil society organizations announced the launch of the People’s Tribunal for Women of Afghanistan, an initiative to address the impunity for the dire situation of ...

In Afghanistan, women have become subjected to institutionalized gender apartheid. Since the return of the Taliban to power in August 2021, Afghan women have been confined to their homes and erased ...

On September 15, 2025, Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada announced the shutdown of fiber-optic internet across Afghanistan. The ban was implemented the next day in northern Afghanistan’s Balkh ...

Today, August 15, marks four years since the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan. It is a somber anniversary for me and for the millions of fellow Afghans whose daily reality is marked by hunger, ...