Manizha Bakhtari
Dossier of Afghanistan's Women Fiction Writers-15 In a small office on the outskirts of Vienna, where the formal sheen of diplomacy has long since thinned into something quieter and more…
Khaleda Forough
Dossier of Afghanistan's Women Fiction Writers-16 Khaleda Forough, an author, poet, academic, and media personality, is widely recognized as a prominent female literary voice in Afghanistan. Writing predominantly in Persian,…
The Erosion of Education in Afghanistan: A Female Teacher’s Story of Changes in Schools
Reporter: Mahya Omid Nearly a month after the start of the 2026 academic year in Afghanistan, schools have resumed operations under the shadow of a series of structural changes, restrictions,…
Three Silences in Kabul: The Story of Girls Whose Voices the World Does Not Hear
Tales of the Dark Age (No. 105) By Ali Shadbeig It was Friday morning when I saw Habib. Holding the hands of Nargis, his nine-year-old daughter, he was walking toward…