You are here: Homepage Countries Afghanistan Themen All Themes From To filter A Taliban fighter sits on the shoulders of anonymized women who can’t speak out and whose hands are bound Illustration: Uzra Shamal for KULTURAUSTAUSCH Media | Afghanistan Cartoons vs. the Taliban What does it mean to report on politics in Afghanistan? The Afghan journalist Uzra Shamal talks about her work and why she chose an unusual form of reporting: the cartoon 10/14/2022 Women’s rights | Afghanistan Patriarchal darkness Education, work, marriage: over the years, the rights of Afghan women have been fiercely contested. A chronology of an eventful history By Huma Ahmed-Ghosh 10/01/2022 Two sisters Illustration: Thomas Weyres Letters of loss | Afghanistan A letter to my dead sister Our anonymous author’s sister was a journalist who was murdered on the street by the Taliban. This is her attempt to say farewell 10/01/2022 Zakira: “Not only my body is locked up at home, but also my mind” Photo: Sayed Aman Sadat Vox pop | Afghanistan “How are you doing?” When the Taliban came to power, women in Afghanistan lost almost everything overnight: their rights, their jobs, their dignity. What are their concerns today? We asked Afghan women for a selfie, and asked the question: how are you doing? 10/01/2022 Censored women: After the Taliban took power, images of women were taken down from beauty salons and clothes shops Photo: Getty Images State of the nation | Afghanistan A broken country Ethnic plurality, religious tensions, rival elites: Afghanistan is a nation of contradictions. In an effort to dig below the surface, we posed seven questions to four experts By Negina Yari, Tareq Sydiq, Jasamin Ulfat-Seddiqzai, Mina Jawad 10/01/2022 First person | Afghanistan A walk in Kabul Girls scavenging in piles of rubbish and scarcely any cars on the streets: the Afghan capital has changed. An author takes us for a stroll in her neighbourhood By Nargis 10/01/2022 Journalist and women's rights activist Mahbouba Seraj Photo: Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Women’s rights | Afghanistan “We’re steering towards catastrophe” Afghanistan is on the verge of becoming a “failed state”, says journalist and women’s rights activist Mahbouba Seraj. And it's the West’s power politics that are partly to blame Interview with Mahbouba Seraj, Natalie Amiri 10/01/2022 A farmer harvests opium plant sap in a poppy field in the Darra-i-Nur district of Nangarhar province (2020) Photo: Noorulla Shirzada / AFP / Getty Images Drugs war | Afghanistan Opium for the masses Profits from the opium industry account for over half of Afghanistan's economic output. An overview of the drug threatening to tear Afghanistan apart 10/01/2022 The maternity ward at Indira Ghandi Hospital in Kabul Photo: Moises Saman / Magnum Photos / Agentur Focus Health care | Afghanistan On the road in a sick nation Even before the Taliban seized power, health care for Afghan women and girls was sub-standard. Now it is catastrophic: a visit to the provinces By Parand 10/01/2022 This artwork no longer exists. A friend of Salwa Rahen photographed it during an exhibition in 2021. Rahen herself was forced to delete all photos of her artwork Photo: privat Visual arts | Afghanistan “I had to destroy my own artworks” Artist Salwa Rahen describes destroying a lifetime of work and why she can't imagine herself working again under Taliban rule. A conversation. Interview with Salwa Rahen 10/01/2022 Singer Aryana Sayeed Photo: Getty Images Playlist | Afghanistan „I have brought your prophets into the world“ Ever since the Taliban returned, music has been banned and it has been forbidden for woman to sing. Yet a number of female Afghan musicians continue their careers in exile. Introducing a selection of famous singers - and and their songs. By Farhot 10/01/2022 Feminist foreign policy: as rare as a gorilla at the negotiating table? Photo: John Lund / Getty Images Books | Feminist foreign policy Who deserves a seat at the negotiating table? The future of foreign policy is feminist, says activist and author Kristina Lunz in her new book. But what is she actually talking about? By Delara Burkhardt 04/14/2022 People look after a military plane taking off in Kabul lPhoto: Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Transition of power | Afghanistan “The retreat started years ago” Radio host and journalist Waheedulaah Orya reported from the Afghan city of Mazar e-Sharif – until the Taliban threatened his life. From his exile in Greece he describes watching in disbelief as they recaptured his home country. A conversation Interview with Waheedullah Orya 10/01/2021
A Taliban fighter sits on the shoulders of anonymized women who can’t speak out and whose hands are bound Illustration: Uzra Shamal for KULTURAUSTAUSCH Media | Afghanistan Cartoons vs. the Taliban What does it mean to report on politics in Afghanistan? The Afghan journalist Uzra Shamal talks about her work and why she chose an unusual form of reporting: the cartoon 10/14/2022
Women’s rights | Afghanistan Patriarchal darkness Education, work, marriage: over the years, the rights of Afghan women have been fiercely contested. A chronology of an eventful history By Huma Ahmed-Ghosh 10/01/2022
Two sisters Illustration: Thomas Weyres Letters of loss | Afghanistan A letter to my dead sister Our anonymous author’s sister was a journalist who was murdered on the street by the Taliban. This is her attempt to say farewell 10/01/2022
Zakira: “Not only my body is locked up at home, but also my mind” Photo: Sayed Aman Sadat Vox pop | Afghanistan “How are you doing?” When the Taliban came to power, women in Afghanistan lost almost everything overnight: their rights, their jobs, their dignity. What are their concerns today? We asked Afghan women for a selfie, and asked the question: how are you doing? 10/01/2022
Censored women: After the Taliban took power, images of women were taken down from beauty salons and clothes shops Photo: Getty Images State of the nation | Afghanistan A broken country Ethnic plurality, religious tensions, rival elites: Afghanistan is a nation of contradictions. In an effort to dig below the surface, we posed seven questions to four experts By Negina Yari, Tareq Sydiq, Jasamin Ulfat-Seddiqzai, Mina Jawad 10/01/2022
First person | Afghanistan A walk in Kabul Girls scavenging in piles of rubbish and scarcely any cars on the streets: the Afghan capital has changed. An author takes us for a stroll in her neighbourhood By Nargis 10/01/2022
Journalist and women's rights activist Mahbouba Seraj Photo: Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Women’s rights | Afghanistan “We’re steering towards catastrophe” Afghanistan is on the verge of becoming a “failed state”, says journalist and women’s rights activist Mahbouba Seraj. And it's the West’s power politics that are partly to blame Interview with Mahbouba Seraj, Natalie Amiri 10/01/2022
A farmer harvests opium plant sap in a poppy field in the Darra-i-Nur district of Nangarhar province (2020) Photo: Noorulla Shirzada / AFP / Getty Images Drugs war | Afghanistan Opium for the masses Profits from the opium industry account for over half of Afghanistan's economic output. An overview of the drug threatening to tear Afghanistan apart 10/01/2022
The maternity ward at Indira Ghandi Hospital in Kabul Photo: Moises Saman / Magnum Photos / Agentur Focus Health care | Afghanistan On the road in a sick nation Even before the Taliban seized power, health care for Afghan women and girls was sub-standard. Now it is catastrophic: a visit to the provinces By Parand 10/01/2022
This artwork no longer exists. A friend of Salwa Rahen photographed it during an exhibition in 2021. Rahen herself was forced to delete all photos of her artwork Photo: privat Visual arts | Afghanistan “I had to destroy my own artworks” Artist Salwa Rahen describes destroying a lifetime of work and why she can't imagine herself working again under Taliban rule. A conversation. Interview with Salwa Rahen 10/01/2022
Singer Aryana Sayeed Photo: Getty Images Playlist | Afghanistan „I have brought your prophets into the world“ Ever since the Taliban returned, music has been banned and it has been forbidden for woman to sing. Yet a number of female Afghan musicians continue their careers in exile. Introducing a selection of famous singers - and and their songs. By Farhot 10/01/2022
Feminist foreign policy: as rare as a gorilla at the negotiating table? Photo: John Lund / Getty Images Books | Feminist foreign policy Who deserves a seat at the negotiating table? The future of foreign policy is feminist, says activist and author Kristina Lunz in her new book. But what is she actually talking about? By Delara Burkhardt 04/14/2022
People look after a military plane taking off in Kabul lPhoto: Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images Transition of power | Afghanistan “The retreat started years ago” Radio host and journalist Waheedulaah Orya reported from the Afghan city of Mazar e-Sharif – until the Taliban threatened his life. From his exile in Greece he describes watching in disbelief as they recaptured his home country. A conversation Interview with Waheedullah Orya 10/01/2021
