The Guardian Europe
The Taliban's system of oppressing Afghan women is so thorough it makes a dystopian novel look under-researched - yet the world still prefers to look away.
UN News
UN warns returning Afghans face trafficking risks amid crises, with only 11% employed and many resorting to loans - because when you're down, exploitation is apparently the only growth industry.
UN News
UN report details Taliban's spring of joy: arrests for bad hijab, floggings for snacks, and a 296-day streak of banning women from the UN.
The Guardian
Flash floods in Afghanistan kill 23, leave over 100 missing, as the country adds another disaster to its already extensive collection.
The Guardian Europe
Afghan girls as young as two months are being sold into marriage to settle debts, with Taliban policies and a collapsing economy turning child brides into a booming, heartbreaking market.
UN News
UNICEF warns 3.7 million Afghan kids face malnutrition as wasting season hits - because apparently, children in Afghanistan need another reason to be hungry.
UN News
A new UN Women report finds that cutting aid to women's organizations in crisis zones leads to more suffering, burnout, and school dropouts - who could have guessed?
BBC World
Pakistan and Afghanistan are back to their favourite pastime: bombing each other and arguing over the death toll, with children tragically caught in the middle.
The Guardian Europe
The Taliban arrested her family and stole her house, but Fawzia Koofi is more furious that the EU wants to serve them tea in Brussels.
BBC World
An Afghan teenager escapes forced marriage by taxi, enrolls in English class, and becomes a symbol of resistance against the Taliban's education ban - while the world mostly shrugs.
UN News
War is still terrible for women and girls - more of them are dying, being displaced, and suffering sexual violence, while being largely excluded from peace talks. Shocking, we know.
BBC World
Afghan fathers sell their children to survive as aid cuts, drought, and Taliban policies push millions to the brink of famine - because apparently, choosing which child starves is a normal Tuesday.
UN News
Afghan mothers and children are being turned away from clinics as malnutrition hits near-record levels, while the Taliban also finds time to detain journalists. Great times all around.
UN News
Volker Türk gives Mongolia a gold star for human rights while Haiti's violence spikes and Afghanistan's hunger crisis deepens - because the UN never gets a day off.
UN News
UN demining chief Kazumi Ogawa reports record conflicts, shrinking budgets, and children playing with explosives - because apparently, war is still bad and we’re still bad at cleaning up after it.
UN News
UNICEF warns Afghanistan could lose 25,000 female teachers and health workers by 2030 due to education bans, costing $84 million yearly in lost economic output.
The Guardian Europe
Home Secretary refuses to close the door on deporting rejected Afghan asylum seekers to a country the UN calls a 'graveyard for human rights' - because nothing says 'we care about women's safety' like sending them to a place with gender apartheid.
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