With few exceptions, women were not permitted to work. Entire families were driven into destitution as a result. Another group specifically targeted by the Taliban was the Hazaras, a Shi‘a ...

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The Taliban's 2021 takeover in Afghanistan was a disaster for women's rights, causing an almost complete reversal of the hard-won human rights progress over previous decades. Our latest reports show ...

KPFA celebrates International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 15th with an all-day audio extravaganza  to draw attention collectively to gender equality and justice, reproductive rights, environmental ...

The demonstrators, mostly of the Hazara ethnicity, are calling for the proposed Tutap (Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan) 500 kilovolt power transmission line to follow original ...