Afghanistan women despair as Taliban starts enforcing harsher laws
This legislation, titled the “Law on the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”, imposes severe restrictions on women’s public and private lives. The international community has called for immediate action.
Taliban’s weakness and inefficiency in response to deadly Herat earthquakes
More than 2.000 people died and around 12 villages were completely destroyed in Herat province of Afghanistan.
Over de grens : het vluchtverhaal van mijn Afghaanse pleegbroer
Het is 2013. Een groep van 120 mensen wandelt vanuit Iran naar de grens met Turkije. Het begint te schemeren. Om de grens over te kunnen gaan, moet er gewacht […]
One Yalda Night in Brussels
The longest night of the year is called Yalda or Chellah and is known as “the night of the sun’s birth (Mehr)” in Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia.
“If I go back to Afghanistan, the Taliban will kill me !”
Since September 2023, more than 400.000 refugees have been deported or returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan.
Ahmad Massoud, from Panjshir to Brussels, crying out for peace !
Ahmad Massoud leads the National Resistance Front (NRF) of Afghanistan. He is the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the late revolutionary commander known as “The Lion of Panjshir”. Exclusive meeting in Brussels.
Prix Henri La Fontaine : “Je le dédie aux filles et femmes afghanes obligées d’étudier en clandestinité” (podcast)
Journaliste afghane en exil, membre de l’ASBL En-GAJE et du comité éditorial de Latitudes, Lailuma Sadid a reçu le Prix international Henri La Fontaine. Rencontre avec une femme qui résiste.
“Almost impossible” to recognize the Taliban, says the United Nations
Afghanistan’s de facto government is composed exclusively of men and is largely drawn from the Taliban’s ‘Pashtun and rural political base’, UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, told a briefing […]
Sahraa Karimi : “When one of the oldest cinemas in Kabul was destroyed, I cried”
An Afghan film, directed by Sahraa Karimi in Kabul in 2019, Have, Maryam, Ayesha, was screened in one of the rooms at the European Parliament in Brussels. The film had […]
Life of French-Afghan Journalist Mortaza is under threat
Hundreds of journalists fled Afghanistan after the Taliban took back control of the country in August 2021. On 14 December 2022, the country appeared on the Committee to Protect Journalists’ […]
The Taliban have officially banned the celebration of Nowruz in Afghanistan
The first day of spring is 21 March in the northern hemisphere. But that day is also the beginning of a new year for 300 million people around the world. […]
Afghanistan: One year of agony
A year after the Taliban seized power, Afghanistan has once again become a living hell for everyone, especially for women.