Hamida* remembers the rhythm of her old life in Mashhad: mornings spent studying marketing and afternoons running a jewellery and handicrafts workshop she had built herself. “I trained others and ...

This narrative was told to Zan Times via phone: I am Hosina Hashimi, the wife of Qasim Hashimi, a journalist who has been missing in Pakistan for the past three months. I now live in Pakistan with my ...

Zan Times has a small, core team, all of whom work in exile. This team is responsible for the editorial direction and management of the newsroom and collaborates with a wide network of freelance ...

حمیده در ایران به دنیا آمده و در آنجا بزرگ شده است. او می‌گوید که در مشهد احساس نمی‌کرده که یک مهاجر است، بلکه یک زن مستقل و کارآفرین بوده است.

Seven months after the Taliban takeover, I was living with my husband’s family in a three-room apartment located in a remote township in Kabul. The window of my room opened onto the courtyard. That ...

She stepped outside her home as she had hundreds of times before. She did not make it to her class. She was standing by the roadside waiting for a taxi when a Taliban vehicle – a US-made Ford Ranger – ...

First, her education was taken away. Then, a wedding was arranged – against her will – to her cousin, a heroin addict. Latifa was left facing an unthinkable choice. “I had two options: to marry a ...

Cheryl Benard’s recent commentary on the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghan refugees has outraged many Afghans. She argues that Afghanistan is not perfect, not “the Riviera,” but ...

Note: This story was updated on January 22 to include information from a new UNAMA report. Mursal* made sure to wear a long black hijab while covering her face with a black mask when she left work ...

As Zarin Gul and her daughter Nasrin ventured through the village of Yangi Areeq, the only light came from the small lamps of their rickshaw. Nasrin was writhing and groaning in the pain of labour, ...

Recently, the Taliban recruited 600 young men from Panjshir into their Ministries of Interior and Defence. According to Tolonews, an additional 1,500 will soon be recruited to protect the Taliban’s ...