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SHUKRIA RAHIMI
A girl, who was injured in the overnight cross border fighting between Pakistan and Afghan forces, receives treatment at a hospital at Khar, in Bajaur, a district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering with Afghanistan, February 27, 2026
International Women’s Day 2026 / 7 March 2026
7 March 2026

Afghan women living under the Taliban are navigating a system that makes their public existence conditional on male approval, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI

An Afghan IWD protest in 2022
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2023 / 6 March 2023
6 March 2023
Not only has there been no let-up in the terrible situation imposed upon the women of Afghanistan by the Taliban, but the situation is becoming acutely worse, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI