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Pakistan crackdown on Afghan refugees leaves ‘four dead’ and thousands in cells
Asylum seekers in Karachi tell of terror of being sent back to the Taliban and despair at being shackled and held in Pakistani jails
Shah Meer Baloch in Pakistan
02, Mar, 2023 @12:00 PM
Farzana survived rape, addiction and losing her children. Then the Taliban came – now she is missing
Exiled Afghan psychologist Mariam is desperately trying to trace 15 domestic abuse survivors she was helping before the Taliban seized control
Ruchi Kumar and Hikmat Noori
24, Feb, 2023 @7:45 AM
Tajikistan ‘rounding up and deporting Afghan refugees’
UN refugee agency urges authorities to end forced deportations as families say they are too scared to leave their homes
Ruchi Kumarand Hikmat Noori
09, Sep, 2022 @12:03 PM
I have spent a year helping people flee the Taliban: failure is traumatic, success bittersweet | Ruchi Kumar
We are still trying to find ways to get visas – writing letters, appealing to governments – but the options are running out, says Ruchi Kumar
Ruchi Kumar
31, Aug, 2022 @5:00 AM
‘The Taliban don’t know how to govern’: the Afghan women shaping global policy from exile
Despite the upheaval of the Taliban takeover, the ‘group of six’ are finding ways to tackle the political and humanitarian crisis
Rosie Swash and Ruchi Kumar
25, Aug, 2022 @5:30 AM
‘We are worse off’: Afghanistan further impoverished as women vanish from workforce
From civil servants, teachers and doctors to journalists and business owners, loss of female workers under the Taliban has already cost the economy $1bn
Ruchi Kumar and Hikmat Noori
16, May, 2022 @5:30 AM
‘We had 4,000 policewomen in Afghanistan. Let them get back to work’
Gulafroz Ebtekar, a former top CID officer in Kabul, tells how she escaped the Taliban and is now working in exile to restore justice for the women of her homeland
Ruchi Kumar
21, Apr, 2022 @6:30 AM
Taliban U-turn over Afghan girls’ education reveals deep leadership divisions
Rural opposition and school uniform issues blamed for school closures but confusion reveals differences in vision for Afghanistan’s future
Stefanie Glinski and Ruchi Kumar
25, Mar, 2022 @3:02 PM
Lives of LGBTQ+ Afghans ‘dramatically worse’ under Taliban rule, finds survey
Human Rights Watch reports cases of mob attacks, gang-rape and death threats, with LGBTQ+ people living in fear and unable to flee
Ruchi Kumar
26, Jan, 2022 @6:30 AM
Calls for release of Kabul University professor detained by Taliban
Prof Faizullah Jalal, an outspoken critic of Afghanistan’s ruling group, was arrested for alleged remarks on social media
Ruchi Kumar
10, Jan, 2022 @4:45 PM
‘We planted a seed’: the Afghan artists who painted for freedom
The Taliban has whitewashed Kabul’s political murals – and those who created them have fled into exile
Ruchi Kumar
23, Oct, 2021 @10:00 AM
Fears grow for photojournalist arrested by Taliban as executions resume
Taliban deny Morteza Samadi, 21, has been sentenced to death but family concerned for his safety after he was detained while covering women’s protests in Herat
Zahra Joya and Ruchi Kumar
29, Sep, 2021 @1:26 PM
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