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Brick Maker: Work or Sell Your Children

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Brick Maker: Work or Sell Your Children

Saleh Noorzai is a brick factory employee in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province who works 12 hour days just to earn a meager wage that barely keeps his family fed.

Women in Badakhshan React to New Restrictions

Women in Badakhshan React to New Restrictions

Women and girls in Faizabad, the capital of Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province lament the latest Taliban restrictions forcing them to wear a burqa or niqab when they are out.

Lifting the Veil; Life for Women in Rural Afghanistan

Lifting the Veil; Life for Women in Rural Afghanistan

The women of Gizab, a district in Afghanistan’s central Daikundi province live a life confined to the four walls of their home while betrothed against their will for a dowry that, unless rich, cannot be paid for years.

No School for This District

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No School for This District

Chinarto, a district in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province has no access to education and hasn't for the last four decades, according to its residents. Children here have grown up illiterate for generations.

Their Last Resort Was to Stop Breathing

Their Last Resort Was to Stop Breathing

One of the less talked about problems among Afghan youth is committing suicide. Relatives think several factors played into their loved ones ending their lives.

Mistreatment, Humiliation Nothing New for Afghan Refugees in Iran

Mistreatment, Humiliation Nothing New for Afghan Refugees in Iran

Frustration with Afghan refugees in Iran reached a boiling point after an Afghan was accused of stabbing three religious scholars and arrested in Mashhad, but Afghans living there say mistreatment of refugees is nothing new.

School for Girls Above 6th Grade Remains Closed in Afghanistan

School for Girls Above 6th Grade Remains Closed in Afghanistan

Confusion, anger, and grief seized Afghan students and their families on March 22nd, as schools for girls above 6th grade remained closed after the Taliban take-over. Over a month later, schooling above 6th grade is still banned in all but one Afghan province.

Fear on Every Corner, the Final Days of the U.S. War in Afghanistan

Fear on Every Corner, the Final Days of the U.S. War in Afghanistan

In firsthand accounts, Afghan civilians and U.S. Marines describe the chaos and desperation outside Kabul's airport. The evacuation was marred by missteps, violence, and tragedy. Then a suicide bombing ripped through the crowd, killing and injuring hundreds. A bombing U.S. officials knew was coming. By: Brian

Education is Not an Option for These Girls

Education is Not an Option for These Girls

Afghan children are increasingly joining the workforce in a country marred by poverty.

Violence Against Journalists Double since Taliban Takeover

Violence Against Journalists Double since Taliban Takeover

Reporting by Abdul Ahad Poya, Nazar Mohammad Razmal Zaman, Abdul Karim Azim, and Mirzahussain Sadid, Written by Mohammad Jawad Alizada, and edited by Brian J. Conley KABUL – Cases of violence against journalists in Afghanistan have more than doubled since the Taliban victory last August, an annual report by Afghan media

Taliban House-to-House Raids Spark Widespread Criticism

Taliban House-to-House Raids Spark Widespread Criticism

The Taliban launched a house-to-house search operation in Kabul and adjacent provinces, leading to widespread domestic and global criticism.

Taliban Flog Civilian Accused of Adultery

Taliban Flog Civilian Accused of Adultery

Taliban flogged an Afghan civilian accused of adultery in south-central Oruzgan province last Tuesday.

Name Calling: an Afghan Curse

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Name Calling: an Afghan Curse

Muzghan Rawoofi helps her household by knitting and embroidery after returning to her hometown following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August of last year.

Struggling with Poverty and Trauma, Millions of Afghans Turn to Drugs

Struggling with Poverty and Trauma, Millions of Afghans Turn to Drugs

Around 6 million Afghans are estimated to be addicted to drugs. Afghanistan is also the largest producer of opium in the world. Alive in Afghanistan talks to those most affected by drug use, the individuals and their families.

Afghans Call President Biden's Executive Order Illogical and Unjust

Afghans Call President Biden's Executive Order Illogical and Unjust

“People are selling their children due to hunger” Mr. Qasim Ekhtiari, a 40 year-old professor from Daikund told Alive in Afghanistan, expressing his shock and anger at an announcement by President Joe Biden last week.

Suicide Bomber Who Killed U.S. Troops and Afghans "Likely" Used Unguarded Route to Kabul Airport Gate

Suicide Bomber Who Killed U.S. Troops and Afghans "Likely" Used Unguarded Route to Kabul Airport Gate

By: Brian J. Conley, Mohammad J. Alizada, Samira Nuhzat, Abdul Ahad Poya and Mirzahussain Sadid, Alive in Afghanistan, Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, and Lynzy Billing, for ProPublica Paths left unsecured by U.S. military sped the evacuation of American citizens and Afghan allies. The attack killed 13 U.

Report: U.S. Marines Returned Fire After Suicide Bombing, but No Enemies Were Shooting at Them

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Report: U.S. Marines Returned Fire After Suicide Bombing, but No Enemies Were Shooting at Them

by Brian J. Conley and Mohammad J. Alizada, Alive in Afghanistan, and Joshua Kaplan [https://www.propublica.org/people/joshua-kaplan] and Joaquin Sapien [https://www.propublica.org/people/joaquin-sapien], ProPublica [https://www.propublica.org/] This article was co-published with ProPublica [https://www.propublica.org/article/report-u-s-marines-returned-fire-after-suicide-bombing-but-no-enemies-were-shooting-at-them] , a nonprofit newsroom that

Afghan Sells Family’s Clothes to Feed Her Children

Afghan Sells Family’s Clothes to Feed Her Children

Written by Abdul Ahad Poya, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley The red polka-dot dress is hers, the white suit is her husband’s and the white track suit with black lines belongs to one of her sons. She has laid out her belongings on a walkway

Infant Malnutrition Overwhelms Afghan Hospitals

Infant Malnutrition Overwhelms Afghan Hospitals

Written by Nazar Mohammad “Razmal Zaman,” edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley KANDAHAR — Health workers in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province are combating increasing malnutrition among children while millions of Afghans lack the ability to feed their families on a daily basis. The beds at Kandahar city’

Desperate Afghans Sell Belongings to Survive Hunger

Desperate Afghans Sell Belongings to Survive Hunger

Written by Abdul Ahad Poya, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley “I saved up money for years to buy and complete home appliances and necessities but after Ashraf Ghani fled and Kabul fell, I had no choice but to sell most of my valuable belongings out of

Little Development, Lots of Hospitality

Little Development, Lots of Hospitality

Reporter’s name held for safety, edited by Mohammad J. Alizada and Brian J. Conley Oruzgan is a well-known province in south-central Afghanistan, which was split into two parts, Daikundi, and Oruzgan, the former mostly populated by the Hazara tribe. Daikundi is a dry, cold, mountainous, rugged, with a harsh

Female Teachers Face a World of Issues

Female Teachers Face a World of Issues

Reporting by Sima Siwash, Abdul Karim Azim and Mirzahussain Sadid, written by Mohammad J. Alizada and edited by Brian J. Conley AFGHANISTAN — “I am not very hopeful, we received salaries for a single month after three months, we have no idea how long it might take to get paid for

The Struggle for Recognition Continues

The Struggle for Recognition Continues

Written by Mohammad Jawad Alizada, edited by Brian J. Conley Hadia Yaqoobi had to take a job at a female clothing store, Gul Negar Handicrafts, after losing her job following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan mid-August this year. Ms. Yaqoobi worked at a private office that had to close its

Women Resist a Return to Repression

Women Resist a Return to Repression

Written by (reporters’ names withheld for their safety), edited by Mohammad Jawad Alizada & Brian Conley Kabul — The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Taliban’s official name for its caretaker government following the collapse of the western backed government in Afghanistan mid-August, does not only have to confront an armed resistance,

Twitter Fashion Show Defies Taliban

Twitter Fashion Show Defies Taliban

Written by Mohammad Jawad Alizada, edited by Brian Conley Reno, US — Afghans across the globe have taken to Twitter for a hashtag fashion show, displaying vibrant and colorful cultural dresses in protest of Taliban’s introduction of new dress code for women following their takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August. A