Women under the Taliban

‘When she turns eight they will take her’: rising number of Afghan girls being sold into child marriage

by The Guardian | Jul 15, 2026 | Afghanistan, Child marriage, Global development, Poverty, Society, South and Central Asia, Taliban, The Guardian, Women under the Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality | 0 |

Afghanistan is seeing a resurgence in underage brides and mothers as desperate families sell their children in order to eatSima* is 18, but has already given birth four times. Her youngest is a newborn, the eldest is four....

The Taliban’s war on education: ‘Nobody talks about what is happening to the boys’

by The Guardian | Jul 13, 2026 | Afghanistan, Education, Global development, Global education, Higher education, Human rights, Islam, Journalism education, Media, South and Central Asia, Student experience, Taliban, The Guardian, Universities, Women under the Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World News | 0 |

Five years after the ultra-conservative Islamists retook Afghanistan, students describe male pupils being beaten for minor rule breaches and inexperienced teachers struggling to deliver lessonsBefore he leaves for Kabul...

The secret Afghan women’s book club defying the Taliban to read Orwell

by The Guardian | Feb 19, 2026 | Afghanistan, Global development, South and Central Asia, Taliban, The Guardian, Women under the Taliban, Women's rights and gender equality, World News | 0 |

Banned from education, a clandestine reading circle meets every week to pour over novels by Abbas Maroufi, Zoya Pirzad and Ernest HemingwayFour young women sit together, waiting for the phone to ring. When the call finally...

Category: Women under the Taliban

‘When she turns eight they will take her’: rising number of Afghan girls being sold into child marriage

The Taliban’s war on education: ‘Nobody talks about what is happening to the boys’

The secret Afghan women’s book club defying the Taliban to read Orwell