Women’s rights in Afghanistan

Education, work, marriage: over the years, the rights of Afghan women have been fiercely contested. A chronology of an eventful history

Our anonymous author’s sister was a journalist who was murdered on the street by the Taliban. This is her attempt to say farewell

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?

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

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

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

Profits from the opium industry account for over half of Afghanistan's economic output. An overview of the drug threatening to tear Afghanistan apart

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

Artist Salwa Rahen describes destroying a lifetime of work and why she can't imagine herself working again under Taliban rule. A conversation.

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.