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On being abandoned after her husband and sons died fighting for the Taliban
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Taliban arrest Afghan girl for wearing boy’s clothes to work/English subtitles YouTube video by Zan Times

Taliban interrogation of a detained girl in boys’ clothes-English subtitles
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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.
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Incredible news - legendary actor Naseeruddin Shah has joined the award-winning documentary "Far from Home"!

We are thrilled to have his support.

You can view the trailer for this documentary (just recently Oscar qualified) here:
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‘Please hear our voices’: Afghan women demand justice at the people’s tribunal in Madrid At the Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Madrid, the usual hum of lawyers and legal scholars gave way to silence on Wednesday, as the voices of Afghan women echoed through the hall. In that historic b...

🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Please hear our voices.” #Afghan women testify before the People’s Tribunal in Madrid, detailing Taliban’s gender persecution & demanding justice. @zahranader.bsky.social @zantimes.bsky.social zantimes.com/2025/10/08/p...

🌏 Enquanto nos preparamos para a 14ª Conferência Global de Jornalismo Investigativo na Malásia, de 20 a 24 de novembro, estamos animados em anunciar mais palestrantes confirmados!

🧵 Aqui está uma prévia de alguns dos nomes mais recentes que se juntarão a nós na #GIJC25:

🇦🇫 @zahranader.bsky.social — editor-in-chief, @zantimes.bsky.social
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — ED, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — filmmaker, founder @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — investigative reporter, @mongabay.com

🇦🇫 @zahranader.bsky.social — editora-chefe, @zantimes.bsky.social
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — editora executiva, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — cineasta, fundadora @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — repórter investigativa, @mongabay.com

#GIJC25

Over the past four years, the Taliban have steadily erased women from Afghanistan’s educational and academic landscape. Now they have banned textbooks authored or compiled by women.
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The radio classrooms defying the Taliban ban YouTube video by Zan Times

For the past three years, 15-year-old Noria has continued her studies through educational radio programs. Her father, Haji Chinar Gul, is her greatest supporter.
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Today’s Afghanistan is different. Fathers no longer have the freedom to give wings to their daughters’ dreams. My father lived our dreams as though they were his own, rejoicing in even our smallest achievements.
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Iran’s harrowing drive to deport Afghan refugees Iran’s harrowing drive to deport Afghan refugees

Although Pakistan’s similar deportation campaign has received more media coverage, Iran’s actions are larger in scale, quieter in execution, and arguably more brutal. @zahranader.bsky.social Zan Times writes

I am so sorry for what you are going through, I donated what I could and I pray for the safety of your family.

Gaza is starving. So are its journalists | Jodie Ginsberg A desperate situation has become catastrophic. If we do not act now, there will be no one left to tell anyone’s story

Gaza is starving. So are its journalists | Jodie Ginsberg

The international community is watching this unfold and doing almost nothing. UNHCR has issued statements that sound like press release templates. Western governments nod in the direction of concern but offer no action.
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‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza For months Israel kept food shipments to Gaza far below starvation rations. Now the death toll is rising rapidly * Starvation in Gaza is destroying communities – and will leave generational scars Mohammed’s skeletal arms stick out of a romper with a grinning emoji-face and the slogan “smiley boy”, which in a Gaza hospital reads as a cruel joke. He spends much of the day crying from hunger, or gnawing at his own emaciated fingers. At seven months old, he weighs barely 4kg (9lbs) and this is the second time he has been admitted for treatment. His face is gaunt, his limbs little more than bones covered in baggy skin and his ribs protrude painfully from his chest. Continue reading...

‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza

Iran has forcibly deported over 717,000 Afghan refugees and migrants since March 2025, with the total for the year exceeding one million. For them, crossing the border isn't an arrival home—it's the start of a new crisis.
Many arrive in Afghanistan with no money, no food, and no shelter.

On Iran’s deportation campaign against Afghan refugees, by @zahranader.bsky.social:

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(via @zantimes.bsky.social / @himalmag.bsky.social / @danielmang.bsky.social #LeftRenewal )

Over a dozen people who spoke with Zan Times described a process in which physical violence, humiliation and denial of food or medical care were commonplace.
This story is published in collaboration with Himal Southasian, a regional magazine of politics and culture.
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The International Women's Media Foundation has announced the winners of the 2025 Courage in Journalism Awards, honoring journalists who demonstrate extraordinary bravery and commitment to truth.

Learn more: https://twp.ai/9PUnx7

Iran’s harrowing drive to deport Afghan refugees Iran’s harrowing drive to deport Afghan refugees

Among those deported are women who were the sole providers for their families or were travelling alone, and who face an impossible situation in Afghanistan. zahranader.bsky.social writes:
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The Iranian officers said, “We can come up with a thousand reasons to keep you and punish you.” Even though we knew there was nothing incriminating on our devices, as the officers said, “Being Afghan is reason enough.”
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Afghan refugee: We’ve been humiliated so much in Iran

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women, girls The International Criminal Court charged two Taliban leaders with committing crimes against humanity by systematically persecuting girls and women.

Finally some good news re: accountability efforts for gross violations of #womensrights in #afghanistan (with excellent commentary from @zahranader.bsky.social) #icc #humanrights #womenpeacesecurity

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Sana Atef, a Zan Times journalist reporting from southern Afghanistan, has been named one of five recipients of the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) Courage in Journalism Award for 2025.
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Sahar, a widow from Baghlan, had lived in Iran for more than a decade. She ran a small tailoring workshop, had put a deposit down on a home, and was raising five children alone. Now, she’s homeless in her home country.
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