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  • A woman wearing a burka walks along a road towards her home after receiving free bread distributed as part of the Save Afghans From Hunger campaign in Kabul on 18 January 2022.

    Afghanistan: ‘One of the world’s worst humanitarian crises’

    Since the Taliban took control on 15 August 2021, Afghanistan has been suffering a severe humanitarian crisis. UN figures show 95 percent of Afghans going hungry. The situation has been exacerbated by the U.S. decision to freeze the Afghan Central Bank’s assets and international sanctions that are crippling an already fragile economy.

  • Infamous during their first reign for their brutal crackdowns on rights and freedoms, the Islamists vowed to rule differently this time. On a superficial level at least, they appear to have changed in some respects.
    Afghanistan

    One year on, Taliban torn over reforms

    One year on from the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, some cracks are opening within their ranks over the crucial question of just how much reform their leaders can tolerate.

  • Late on Tuesday evening, a powerful earthquake hit the Afghan-Pakistan border region, leaving at least 1000 people dead. Rescue efforts in the remote mountainous terrain are proving difficult.

    Afghanistan: Deadliest earthquake in 20 years

  • Afghanistan: Deadliest earthquake in 20 years

    Late on Tuesday evening, a powerful earthquake hit the Afghan-Pakistan border region, leaving at least 1000 people dead. Rescue efforts in the remote mountainous terrain are proving difficult. By Ines Eisele

  • Afghanistan in free fall

    Since the Taliban took power, Afghanistan has been isolated internationally, and the situation in the country is deteriorating: Almost half the population is starving, and the regime continues to restrict women's rights. By Philipp Boell

  • Afghan soccer star "Nadia"

    From child refugee to professional footballer

    The documentary "Nadia" tells the incredible story of Nadia Nadim, who was forced to flee from the Taliban as a child and became a football star. By Annabelle Steffes-Halmer

  • A still from the documentary 'Sonita' about an Afghan female rapper, directed by Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami.
    The future of Afghan cinema

    "The best revenge is to keep making films"

    Three award-winning female directors appeal to the international film industry to save Afghan cinema. Supporting women filmmakers is more important than ever. By Christine Lehnen

  • Still from the film "Melting Dreams" by Haidy Kancler.
    Afghanistan documentary "Melting Dreams"

    A tale of Afghan-European failure

    Haidy Kancler’s documentary "Melting Dreams" celebrated its world premiere at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in February 2022. The film follows the fortunes of three young female skiers from Afghanistan who travel to Europe for professional training. Their hopes are running high, but the trip ends in disaster. Rene Wildangel reports for Qantara.de

  • Taliban Afghanistan

    Afghan girls attend "secret school"

    After coming to power, the Islamist group imposed a ban on girls' education, prompting some Afghans to set up an underground school. Hussain Sirat and Ahmad Hakimi spoke to some of the girls who are determined to continue their studies

  •  In the 20 years since the Taliban last held power in Afghanistan, a generation of women -- largely in major cities -- became business owners, studied PHDs, and held government positions, now they are battling for their rights.
    Afghanistan

    'My heart and body shake': Afghan women defy Taliban

    Over the past six months, a network of dozens of Afghan women – former students, teachers, NGO workers, as well as housewives – has grown up, working in secret to organise protests against the Taliban. Challenging the new authorities may cost them everything: four of their comrades have already been seized. But those that remain are determined to battle on

  • Afghan female graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani.
    Graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani

    Giving voice to Afghanistan's oppressed

    Afghanistan's first female street artist depicts Afghan women as they face renewed Taliban threats. Despite the danger, she pursues her work of resistance. By Cristina Burack

  • Alexander Scheer as lawyer Bernhard Docke and Meltem Kaptan as mother Rabiye Kurnaz in Andreas Dresen's film "Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush".
    Berlinale 2022: "Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush"

    The Guantanamo mother

    Andreas Dresen's Berlinale film "Rabiye Kurnaz vs. George W. Bush" is the gripping portrayal of a mother determined to get her son released from Guantanamo. By Torsten Landsberg

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