An interview with Sana Atef, a reporter with the Zan Times who covers the lives and work of women in Afghanistan.

Every story that was shared at a recent online gathering offered a window into the reality of life for women in Afghanistan ...

Afghanistan’s UN envoy says women have been excluded from public life for nearly five years, as UNAMA warns restrictions are harming the country’s future.

In August of 2021, I was in Kabul with my infant daughter, waiting to apply for her identification card, when I learned the Taliban had officially seized power in Afghanistan. As I looked down at my ...

When the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, it did not simply change the flag over Kabul. It altered the everyday world of Afghan women in a way that is now hard to comprehend from outside the ...

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 ...

The UN warns the Taliban is nearing its goal of erasing women from public life in Afghanistan. Since 2021, Afghan women have been squeezed out of education, jobs, travel, and have to abide by strict ...

As a Greek woman in Afghanistan, I decided to live among ordinary Afghans to get a feel of their lives, concerns, and dreams ...

The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this ...