You are here: Homepage Tag Central Asia Articles 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 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 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 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 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 A wreck on the ground of dried up Aral Sea some 60 kms from the city of Aralsk Photo: Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP / Getty Images Environment | Kazakhstan “We can’t bring back the Aral Sea” Kazakh ecologist Zauresh Alimbetova is fighting to save what was once the world's fourth largest lake. A nature reserve is now flourishing in the dried-up zone. A conversation Interview with Zauresh Alimbetova 07/01/2022 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
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
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
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
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
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
A wreck on the ground of dried up Aral Sea some 60 kms from the city of Aralsk Photo: Vyacheslav Oseledko / AFP / Getty Images Environment | Kazakhstan “We can’t bring back the Aral Sea” Kazakh ecologist Zauresh Alimbetova is fighting to save what was once the world's fourth largest lake. A nature reserve is now flourishing in the dried-up zone. A conversation Interview with Zauresh Alimbetova 07/01/2022
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
