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It was a cool March night of 2018 in Sweden but the atmosphere in Farzad’s room (pseudonym) was pensive and cold. The clock was ticking 10 PM. Farzad was preoccupied with pensive thought. His thought was wrapped in a deep apprehension. After a few minutes, he found himself on the…

“Watching bodies of the victims and collecting body parts of humans have become normalized [actions] in Afghanistan. I think years-long efforts have been made to create this situation,” says Asiya, who says she fight against normalization of tragedies. “Photos of the dismembered victims must not be shared [on social media].…

Sohaila’s mother either mourn or gets fainted since a week ago when she was informed of her young daughter’s death in the complex attack on Kabul University. Sohaila’s father is in the same condition and is unable to talk. Portraits of the university student were hanging on walls inside the…

“On my way to Kabul from Kandahar, our bus was stopped by the Taliban in Zabul. They got up into the car, stopped by my seat, asked where I came from. Kandahar, I replied. The militant asked me to hand over my phone to him. I had [deleted all photos…

“Make me an axe and let’s break the Taliban into pieces,” Rajab, who is eight years old and has lost his father, mother, sister, and brother in a roadside bomb explosion, repeatedly asks his uncle, Rahmatullah Muradi, after hearing the news. The sense of revenge, which Rajab carries after the…

Maryam Durani, 36, is a social activist in the southern Kandahar province. For the last 15 years, Ms. Durani has been working to empower Kandahari women in a province which serves as the epicenter of Taliban extremism. She has founded a local radio station, called Mirman, and opened tailor shop…

Hamid is in hurry to leave his home for work. He wants to reach the street before other street children so he may earn more money than other child labors. He takes a piece of cloth, bucket of water, and a used iron can for burning esfand seeds with him.…

On the event of international World White Cane Safety day, a group of young Afghans with disabilities in Kabul call on public to see them as equal human beings. October 15 is the World White Cane Safety Day. Every year on this day, federation of blind community launch awareness campaign…

“Using bicycle does not only save time and money but also reduces air pollution. Fortunately, a large number of students and employees have started using bicycles to get to their universities and workplaces,” says Esmat Farzad who uses bicycle on daily basis in Kabul. Esmat Farzad, who is a teacher…

“Since the start of my activity at Daricha-e-Sehath, I have witnessed people in painful condition; they neither have access to public health services nor they can afford to cover their health expenses in private medical centers,” says Qudratullah Shams, a final year student of Kabul Medical University, who is a…