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The Deadly Toll Inflicted by Taliban Restrictions on Female Midwives

By ZAN TIMES ● Uncategorized ● April 19, 2023

Several female doctors say they are being forced to leave their jobs because they did not have an appropriate mahram. Others are facing forced dismissal, because they can’t always have a close male relative with them while they work.

My Tears Flow as I Look at My Medals: A Sportswoman Mourns Her Lost Career

By ZAN TIMES ● Afghanistan ● April 6, 2023

My love for this sport was so much that I was three months pregnant during our last competition, held in 2021 before the Taliban came to power – I came in fifth. It would be the last time I played.

‘If you don’t submit, the Taliban will stone you to death’: Life behind closed doors

By ZAN TIMES ● Uncategorized ● March 9, 2023

Most tragically, many of these women think that death is a solution to end the violence being perpetrated against them.

Zan Times* interview: The UN’s Richard Bennett on human rights abuses, gender apartheid, and the Taliban’s quest for recognition

By ZAN TIMES ● Afghanistan ● February 24, 2023

Bennett calls the Taliban’s edicts against women including the “absolute erasure” of them from public life to be “irrational.”

Women’s eNews Launches Collaboration with Afghanistan’s Zan Times to Ensure All Voices Are Heard

By ZAN TIMES ● Afghanistan ● February 9, 2023

Zan Times is a women-led, investigative newsroom that covers human rights violations in Afghanistan with a focus on women, the LGBTQ community, and environmental issues.

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The Deadly Toll Inflicted by Taliban Restrictions on Female Midwives

My Tears Flow as I Look at My Medals: A Sportswoman Mourns Her Lost Career

‘If you don’t submit, the Taliban will stone you to death’: Life behind closed doors

Zan Times* interview: The UN’s Richard Bennett on human rights abuses, gender apartheid, and the Taliban’s quest for recognition

Women’s eNews Launches Collaboration with Afghanistan’s Zan Times to Ensure All Voices Are Heard