Human Rights

A collection of 37 posts

Poverty

Selling One Child to Feed the Rest

An impoverished #Afghan couple took a drastic measure in an effort to feed their family of 8 by deciding to sell a couple of their children. Meanwhile, another couple married for 14 years with no offspring was looking to adopt a child.

Health

The Blind See More Than We Realize

In Afghanistan, although roughly five percent of the population are visually impaired, ignorance and intolerance by their peers often lead to discrimination and limited opportunities. However, some like Abdul Jalil Shirzad, have found their place in society.

Unemployment

No Jobs, No Food, No Hope

Afghans across the country lament the lack of employment while voicing concern over the increasing poverty.

Weather

Between Life and Death in Winter's Cold

Afghans across the country endured an unprecedented cold snap in January that left dozens of people and thousands of livestock dead.

Culture

Woman Opens First Bookstore in Badakhshan

A woman in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan has opened the province’s first bookstore aiming to promote the culture of reading among the public.

OneDayinAfghanistan

No Education, No Play, No Childhood

Three teenagers work at a shade making workshop in Afghanistan’s Nimroz province. The teens say they have no choice but to be their family's breadwinners.

OneDayinAfghanistan

Villager Establishes His Own School

Abdul Qader saw no educational facilities upon return to his hometown of Qader Khan, a village in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. So he took it upon himself to open one.

Disability

Disability, Afghanistan’s Hidden Scourge

The lack of government resources for disabled Afghans has left this marginalized group to fend for themselves, while the discrimination, humiliation and disrespect they face on a daily basis just adds salt to their wounds.

Child Labor

Children Without a Childhood

The number of families putting children like Mohammad and Mustafa to work is increasing across Afghanistan as poverty in the country marred by an economic crisis rises.

Women

Pregnancy and its Perils

Afghan women pregnant during or after the fall of Afghanistan talk about the perils of pregnancy and childbirth in a male-dominated country with low quality healthcare.

OneDayinAfghanistan

Brick Maker: Work or Sell Your Children

Saleh Noorzai is a brick factory employee in southwestern Afghanistan’s Nimroz province who works 12 hour days just to earn a meager wage that barely keeps his family fed.

Women

Women in Badakhshan React to New Restrictions

Women and girls in Faizabad, the capital of Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province lament the latest Taliban restrictions forcing them to wear a burqa or niqab when they are out.

Women

Lifting the Veil; Life for Women in Rural Afghanistan

The women of Gizab, a district in Afghanistan’s central Daikundi province live a life confined to the four walls of their home while betrothed against their will for a dowry that, unless rich, cannot be paid for years.

OneDayinAfghanistan

No School for This District

Chinarto, a district in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province has no access to education and hasn't for the last four decades, according to its residents. Children here have grown up illiterate for generations.

Human Rights

Their Last Resort Was to Stop Breathing

One of the less talked about problems among Afghan youth is committing suicide. Relatives think several factors played into their loved ones ending their lives.

Human Rights

Mistreatment, Humiliation Nothing New for Afghan Refugees in Iran

Frustration with Afghan refugees in Iran reached a boiling point after an Afghan was accused of stabbing three religious scholars and arrested in Mashhad, but Afghans living there say mistreatment of refugees is nothing new.

Girls

School for Girls Above 6th Grade Remains Closed in Afghanistan

Confusion, anger, and grief seized Afghan students and their families on March 22nd, as schools for girls above 6th grade remained closed after the Taliban take-over. Over a month later, schooling above 6th grade is still banned in all but one Afghan province.

Investigative

Fear on Every Corner, the Final Days of the U.S. War in Afghanistan

In firsthand accounts, Afghan civilians and U.S. Marines describe the chaos and desperation outside Kabul's airport. The evacuation was marred by missteps, violence, and tragedy. Then a suicide bombing ripped through the crowd, killing and injuring hundreds. A bombing U.S. officials knew was coming. By: Brian J. Conley,

Education

Education is Not an Option for These Girls

Afghan children are increasingly joining the workforce in a country marred by poverty.

Investigative

Violence Against Journalists Double since Taliban Takeover

Reporting by Abdul Ahad Poya, Nazar Mohammad Razmal Zaman, Abdul Karim Azim, and Mirzahussain Sadid, Written by Mohammad Jawad Alizada, and edited by Brian J. Conley KABUL – Cases of violence against journalists in Afghanistan have more than doubled since the Taliban victory last August, an annual report by Afghan media

Human Rights

Taliban House-to-House Raids Spark Widespread Criticism

The Taliban launched a house-to-house search operation in Kabul and adjacent provinces, leading to widespread domestic and global criticism.

Investigative

Taliban Flog Civilian Accused of Adultery

Taliban flogged an Afghan civilian accused of adultery in south-central Oruzgan province last Tuesday.

OneDayinAfghanistan

Name Calling: an Afghan Curse

Muzghan Rawoofi helps her household by knitting and embroidery after returning to her hometown following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August of last year.

Investigative

Struggling with Poverty and Trauma, Millions of Afghans Turn to Drugs

Around 6 million Afghans are estimated to be addicted to drugs. Afghanistan is also the largest producer of opium in the world. Alive in Afghanistan talks to those most affected by drug use, the individuals and their families.

Investigative

Afghans Call President Biden's Executive Order Illogical and Unjust

“People are selling their children due to hunger” Mr. Qasim Ekhtiari, a 40 year-old professor from Daikund told Alive in Afghanistan, expressing his shock and anger at an announcement by President Joe Biden last week.