Women's rights

Afghanistan: Women walk for democracy against fascist Taliban

In response to the repression by the Taliban, a surge of protests have started in cities across Afghanistan, reports Zohal Silaab.

Kabul Diaries Part 10: A city with one gender stinks

Afghan women have always played an active role in the fight against occupiers, writes Yasmeen Afghan. They will not bow to the Taliban's brutalities and will fight for their rights.

Afghanistan: Women defy Taliban, demand the right to freedom

A group of young Afghan women secretly held a press conference in a Kabul suburb on August 28 to launch a new women's movement against the Taliban and present their demands, reports Farooq Sulehria.

Children in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2019 by Laura Quagliuolo

Kabul Diaries Part 8: Kabul is a spooky town now

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Kabul Diaries Part 7: ‘Missing Kabul while living in Kabul’

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict the picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Kabul Diaries Part 6: One week of Taliban occupation

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Kabul Diaries Part 5: Before the Taliban Occupation — Anecdotes from Kabul University

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Dawa Khan Menapal

Kabul Diaries Part 4: ‘Every knock at the door sinks my heart. I feel they have come to kill me’

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Streetscape in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2019 by Laura Quagliuolo

Kabul Diaries Part 3: ‘Instead of granting amnesty, Taliban should instead ask us for amnesty’

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Women in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2019 by Laura Quagliuolo

Kabul Diaries Part 2: 'Silence in Kabul scarier than bomb blasts'

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Women and children in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2019 by Laura Quagliuolo

Kabul Diaries Part 1: 'Anger, fear, helplessness'

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Women confront the Taliban

Pakistani leftist Farooq Sulehria interviews Sudaba Kabiri, one of the women who organised the first protest against the Taliban in Kabul.