Articles & Analysis

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has warned that the human rights situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating further...

A new report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan documents the systematic expansion and instituti...

By: Hamia Naderi In today’s Afghanistan, violence against women is no longer occurring in the shadows. It has moved into public policy. Over th...

Part Three By Hamia Naderi Historical experience shows that systems of domination—no matter how deeply rooted or complex—have always been met with...

Part Two Author: Hamia Naderi The mythic and symbolic image of women, over time, moved beyond the confines of abstract narratives and became embod...

Part One Author: Hamia Naderi Misogyny cannot be understood as an innate phenomenon or something inherent to human creation. Many social science s...

In the ledger of human history, the word "exclusion" is often used to describe a temporary loss of rights. But what has been happening in Afghanistan...

Author: Hamia Naderi part: 4 The fall of the first Taliban regime in 2001 was more than a political transition; it marked the beginning of the most...

Part Three Author: Hamia Naderi The Saur Revolution of 1978 ended Afghanistan’s fragile political balance and plunged the country into decades of...

Part Two Author: Hamia Naderi After the fall of King Amanullah’s government, Afghanistan’s political structure entered a period of gradual transfo...

Part One** Author: Hamia Naderi In the historical landscape of Afghanistan, the twentieth century emerges at the threshold of modernization with...

Across the northern plains of Afghanistan — in the villages of Balkh, Jowzjan, Faryab, and Samangan — the voices of Uzbek women still echo through courtyards, classrooms, and quiet kitchens. Their v...