The Taliban has released a video of an interrogation of a girl who passed as a boy. It's an age-old practice in this ...

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ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan, Sardar Ahmad Shakeeb, visited the Iranian embassy in Islamabad on Friday to express condolences over the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali ...

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There is something profoundly defiant, almost incendiary, about Afghan women writers. When the Taliban regained control of Kabul in August 2021, images of women protesting in the streets and girls ...

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Few places on earth so revere martyrdom as Iran. I came to that conclusion during a visit to the country in 2002, not long after the Sept. 11 attack on the United States. In my book, “Martyrs: ...

Few places on earth so revere martyrdom as Iran. I came to that conclusion during a visit to the country in 2002, not long after the Sept. 11 attack on the United States. In my book, “Martyrs: ...

When she’s not performing or practicing “Radical Optimism,” you might find Dua Lipa reading. In June 2023, the “Dance the Night” singer launched the Service95 Book Club, an extension of her global ...

Anti-gender politics has become integral to the far-right organising globally because it offers offer emotionally charged ...