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Led by Afghan women, Zan Times is an investigative newsroom exposing human rights violations under Taliban rule. We provide fact-based reporting from inside Afghanistan, amplifying voices the Taliban wants to erase. mailchi.mp/282df125eb44/zan-…
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Afghan girls are being denied access to sports. IOC member Samira Asghari speaks to Zan Times about Afghan athletes in exile, efforts to keep women represented internationally, and the prospects for women’s sports returning to Afghanistan. zantimes.com/2026/10/22/will…
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With women barred from most public spaces, private school teaching has become one of the only remaining lifelines for educated Afghan women. But an investigation by Zan Times reveals a widespread system of labor exploitation, wage suppression, and fear. zantimes.com/2026/10/16/expl…
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With women barred from most public spaces, private school teaching has become one of the only remaining lifelines for educated Afghan women. But an investigation by Zan Times reveals a widespread system of labor exploitation, wage suppression, and fear. zantimes.com/2026/10/16/expl…
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In western Kabul, a prominent Hazara and Shia township is being systematically seized by the Taliban. Lawful owners are coerced into paying rent on their own properties as the regime expands the targeted confiscation of community institutions. zantimes.com/2026/10/13/thou…
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"No explosion, no ban, and no government can destroy a girl’s dream forever." Fereshteh survived a suicide bombing, earned a spot at Kabul University, and was blocked at the gates by the Taliban. Three years later, she still refuses to surrender. Read more:zantimes.com/2026/10/06/i-su…
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"'In Afghanistan, I don't feel alive. It feels like a dark pit that we girls have fallen into.' For Afghan women forcibly deported from Iran and Pakistan, the return means losing everything: education, careers, and freedom. zantimes.com/2026/10/02/our-…
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Despite interventions from a judge and Amnesty International, Islamabad police still refuse to register a case for missing Afghan journalist Qasim Hashimi, simply because he lacks a visa. zantimes.com/2026/09/29/an-a…
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This is my final semester of my master’s degree, and I’m working on my thesis research. But the closer I get to finishing, the more a different fear grows in me: What will I do if I have to go back to Afghanistan? zantimes.com/2026/09/09/what…
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Afghanistan is the only country in the world where women and girls are officially excluded from formal education, employment, and most of the economy... that due to restrictions on women’s education and employment alone... zantimes.com/2026/09/07/zero…
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Girls who, in grade six, were deprived of schooling, unfortunately developed a kind of psychological complex. If this issue is not taken seriously today, this complex will become far more severe and dangerous in the future... zantimes.com/2026/09/03/a-ge…
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What is happening in Afghanistan's universities under the Taliban rule? "One of the Taliban’s first acts was to exclude women entirely from higher education, making Afghanistan the only country in the world where women are barred from the right to study."
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The hands that stepped in for her feet: a polio survivor’s story zantimes.com/2026/08/29/the-…

The hands that stepped in for her feet: a polio survivor's story

This narrative has been published in partnership with the Guardian. I cannot recall a single morning when I woke up after sunrise. Since childhood, they have called me the “morning bird.” For 35...

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The most painful part of my work at the school is seeing my students graduate from sixth grade. I ask myself: how many of them are still holding on to their dreams of education? How many have been forced into marriages they did not choose? zantimes.com/2026/08/27/the-…
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“I want to be my own refuge. I want to stand on my own feet.” At 17, Marwa dreamed of being a heart surgeon. Now, under the Taliban's rule, she balances online classes, grueling clinic shifts as a dental assistant, and hiding from the morality police. zantimes.com/2026/08/26/the-…
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Although this income does not cover our needs, I have no choice but to continue. My children’s hopes are tied to my tired hands zantimes.com/2026/08/25/the-…
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Sometimes, when I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror during the day and see the colour of my face and my hair, I fall silent. I see how much I have truly changed over these past few years. Sometimes, I think the girl I see in the mirror is not me. zantimes.com/2026/08/24/the-…
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My 13-year-old daughter has been at home for two years, and it breaks my heart. No one truly understands a mother’s fear zantimes.com/2026/08/21/the-…
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My biggest worry is that I cannot do anything for my daughters’ education. I wanted my daughters to study and have a more informed and comfortable life. But what if they end up like me with a difficult life with very limited choices. zantimes.com/2026/08/19/the-…
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Rifles alone won't save Afghanistan. The history of political struggles has shown that guns without thought and organization ultimately either reproduce tyranny or are neutralized. zantimes.com/2026/08/18/rifl…
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"Girls who are starting school for the first time are happy, energetic and full of dreams. Being around them gives me a sense of joy." 18 years ago, Sediqa* sat in a tent as a student. Today she teaches first-graders in that same school. zantimes.com/2026/08/17/a-te…
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