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Led by Afghan women, Zan Times is an investigative newsroom exposing human rights violations under Taliban rule. We provide fact-based reporting from inside Afghanistan, amplifying voices the Taliban wants to erase. mailchi.mp/282df125eb44/zan-…
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On June 5, Taliban officials used the conclusion of Friday prayers to broadcast a public announcement across Herat: women who failed to comply with the Islamic dress code would be arrested. By June 6, dozens of women had been detained.
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This week the Taliban began a new campaign of arresting women in Herat, western Afghanistan over Hijab violations.
On June 9, in response, a group of women and men took to the streets of Herat to protest.
The Taliban used gunshots and batons to disperse the crowd.
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My marriage was a response to social pressure and an attempt to hide my real identity and the differences that I had no role in choosing. It was never designed to allow me to build a life and find happiness.
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At 16, Mehria fears being forced to marry a man her father's age. After losing access to education, she says her disability has become a source of shame and pressure within her family.
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We are honoured to share that Zan Times has been shortlisted for the 2026 IPI-IMS Free Media Pioneer Award.
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We are honoured to share that Zan Times has been shortlisted for the 2026 IPI-IMS Free Media Pioneer Award.
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The Taliban’s Islamic Emirate has launched another legal offensive against women’s human dignity: its new “Code on Judicial Separation of Spouses.”
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My name is Anqi. I am an editor at a book publishing company in China and I am writing this piece to explain how a letter became a book, one that tells the stories of Afghan women to Chinese readers.
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To be an Afghan refugee in Pakistan is to feel that control over your life has been taken from you. You cannot have a place where you can live in peace. You are fearful and anxious most days as you are afraid of a police raid.
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An Afghan woman journalist detained with her children in a Pakistani refugee camp despite holding valid visas.
Read her story: zantimes.com/2026/05/05/an-a…
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