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  • Author: WJM

  • 13 August 2025

Women’s Voices

A Cry Through the Wounds: Shahlla Arifi’s Account of the Taliban Prison Aftermath

Introduction: I am Shahlla Arifi, a former employee of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, holding a Master’s degree in Women’s and Gender Studies from Kabul University, and a participant in over forty...

  • Author: WJM

  • 13 August 2025

Women’s Voices

Four Years After the Fall: A Story of Displacement and Standing Among Ruins

By Somaya Wafa Four years ago, on the morning Kabul lost its breath, the air reeked of flight and fear. Dawn had barely broken when the news pierced the city like an arrow: “The government has fallen...

  • Author: WJM

  • 13 August 2025

Women’s Voices

Four Years After the Fall: A Story of Life Under the Shadow of Fear

  By Halima Moradi It was one of those mornings when the scent of sleep still lingered in the streets. I was in the kitchen making tea with my mother when my father’s voice came from the othe...

  • Author: WJM

  • 10 August 2025

Women’s Voices

The Diplomat Who Bid Farewell to the Republic with Tears

By Negareh Mirdad August 15th is a date both old and deeply alive in the collective memory of the Afghan people. For me, it is not merely a political milestone, but a profound wound on a heart that...

  • Author: Hamia Naderi

  • 06 August 2025

Women’s Voices

From Resistance to Exile: Afghan Migrant Women’s Defiance Against the Threat of Return to Taliban Rule

Following the Pakistani government’s announcement of a deadline for deporting undocumented migrants, Afghan women activists and protesters who sought refuge in Pakistan have expressed grave concerns...

  • Author: WJM

  • 05 August 2025

Women’s Voices

Being a Woman Is a Silent Crime

A Woman’s Story from Panjshir, Passing Through Taliban Checkpoints Panjshir, July 30, 2025 Narrated by: A Girl from the Dara It was morning. The sun hadn’t fully touched the walls of our home when...

  • Author: WJM

  • 29 July 2025

Women’s Voices

Shadow of Fear: A Refugee Girl’s Tale of a Police Raid

Author:Mahtab The night was heavy with silence, broken only by the faint hum of the city outside. I, Mahtab, a 21-year-old girl, lay on a worn mattress in our cramped apartment, clutching a tattered...

  • Author: WJM

  • 26 July 2025

Interview

Voice of a Woman in the Heart of Darkness and Hope/ A Narrative of Resilience: Mehra Barkzai, Human Rights Activist and Prominent Defender of Afghanistan’s LGBTQ+ Community

Introduction Amid the towering walls of denial and hatred, voices have risen that not only bear witness to suffering but embody resilience. One such voice is that of Mehra Barkzai, a member of the ge...

  • Author: WJM

  • 25 July 2025

Women’s Voices

Beneath the Shadow of a Silent Smile

by Leila Noori (pseudonym) It’s 5:30 a.m. The call to prayer echoes from the small mosque next to our house in Karte-Sakhi. The pale light of dawn peeks through my bedroom window. I might have slept...

  • Author: WJM

  • 22 July 2025

Interview

Voice of a Woman in Darkness and Hope

Introduction In the darkness of fear and oppression, the voice of Afghan women shines like a flame of resistance against silence. Voice of a Woman in Darkness and Hope is an effort to document the u...

  • Author: WJM

  • 22 July 2025

Interview

We Are Not Silent Victims — We Are Defiant Fighters

Introduction In the Interviews section of the Afghan Women’s Justice Movement website, we echo the voices of women who, in the darkest days of religious tyranny and gender apartheid, broke the sile...

  • Author: Hamia Naderi

  • 21 July 2025

Women’s Voices

A Shadow on the Pavement

On a dusty summer afternoon, I stood against a cracked wall, watching people hurry by. Women and men passed me as if I were invisible. My hand rested on my little boy’s shoulder to keep him close in...

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