Firuza Azizi is a reporter for RFE/RL's Radio Azadi.
The Taliban says the British data leak of Afghan allies is not news for them because the former interior and defense ministries “have left all their documents behind.”
A popular Afghan singer has been missing for more than a month in Kabul, where she shot to fame with her performance on a popular television talent show nearly a decade ago.
The Taliban-led government has shut down almost all women's shelters — the last safe places for victims of domestic violence leaving victims with nowhere to go and forcing them to remain in households where they continue to endure abuse at the hands of their husbands and in-laws.
Many of those deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan have never lived in the country they are being sent “home” to and are struggling to find the basics when they arrive.
Afghan refugees who were cleared for resettlement in the United States are voicing distress after their flights to the country were canceled. In one of his first executive actions, President Donald Trump suspended U.S. refugee programs, leaving the resettlement plans of over 1,600 Afghans in limbo.
The Taliban government has imposed a complete ban on organ transplants. Patients and doctors say the prohibition deprives Afghans from accessing potentially lifesaving treatment.
The Taliban has detained a journalist, a filmmaker, and a former politician in Afghanistan in recent days. The detentions came amid a continuing crackdown on dissent that has targeted reporters, activists, and academics.
June 13 marks 1,000 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from attending school in Afghanistan, a move that has contributed to a surge in forced and child marriages. An economic and humanitarian crisis and the lack of educational and professional prospects for women have fueled the trend.
