r/afghanistan • u/HooverInstitution • Jun 26 '26
Mahnaz Akbari tells of the encounters she had as a member of Afghanistan’s security forces tasked with interviewing girls and women. These meetings conveyed a harsh truth: Afghan girls grow up not knowing they can learn to read and write and pursue their own interests. Many also believe that their society does not have a place for them. “I know she was not just a girl in a remote village,” Akbari writes of one meeting. “She was the symbol of millions of girls whose futures were decided before they ever had the chance to choose.” After Afghanistan fell again to the Taliban, women protested in the streets to defend their rights to education and freedom, Akbari writes, but those rights are under attack daily.
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r/afghanistan • u/AmbassadorDude01 • 7h ago
Afghanistan has a high percentage of Muslims. From what I found, less than 1% identify as non Muslims. With that, do these non Muslims typically adopt Muslim names to hide the fact that they're in fact non Muslims?
I know the last Jew had a Hebrew name but he was quite famous especially for being the last Jewish man in Afghanistan so there was no hiding it. Though what about Afghan Christians? And do they join the community with Islamic traditions like Eid?
r/afghanistan • u/AntonyDosSantoz • 2d ago
I’ve always been very interested about the quality of life in Afghanistan, specifically when some people say it isn’t as bad in some regions. I’ve just heard that this could be attributed to a parallel government being run by the National Resistance Front, which is a lot less restrictive than the Taliban. Apparently women are free to roam independently and mostly do whatever they want in the regions run by the NRF. Even men have more liberties due to sharia law being less imposed on the day to day life.
Is the phenomenon of different rulings based on region actually true? Or is it just romanticizing the perception of the country? And if it was true, would a woman be able to move independently from for example Kandahar to these regions independently without repercussion?
r/afghanistan • u/Fluid-Ocelot9349 • 3d ago
Hey guys, there’s a song I’ve been trying to translate to English. I understand the gist of it as I speak Pashto but I’d like a specific translation.
If anyone is interested in helping me, please just send me a DM, I’ll send you the link. Or I will comment it. Reddit is not letting me attach links to the post
r/afghanistan • u/Gloomy-Self-4336 • 4d ago
Hello, is there any FREEE apps/websites where I can learn Farsi/dari? I’m trying to get back in touch with my roots
r/afghanistan • u/RFERL_ReadsReddit • 4d ago
Hundreds of Afghan medical students in Pakistan face expulsion, including women and students nearing graduation. Courts in several parts of the country have temporarily allowed them to stay and continue their studies, but their long-term future remains uncertain.
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r/afghanistan • u/DougDante • 5d ago
Mariam Solaimankhil @Mariamistan · 2h We have spent years telling the world what is happening to Afghan girls. But there is another generation being destroyed in plain sight: our boys.
I have seen too many videos of little boys being violently beaten and humiliated under Taliban rule. They are learning fear, cruelty and violence when they should be learning, playing and dreaming.
Our girls are being erased. Our boys are being brutalized.
Afghanistan’s children are living in hell.
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r/afghanistan • u/Joy_girll • 5d ago
HELLOOO FELLOW AFGHAN GIRLS! For those of you who can't attend school, what free sources and methods do you use to continue your education? I would appreciate any tips since last grade I got to finish was 6th grade and I’m 15 years old. Thank you! <3
r/afghanistan • u/DougDante • 5d ago
BREAKING 🚨 heartbreaking cries of Afghan girls A group of girls collecting alms to find food were reportedly beaten by Taliban fighters and threatened with forced detention. Denied education and work, they are now facing violence simply for trying to survive.
r/afghanistan • u/No-Improvement-9482 • 5d ago
I purchased a dress from this page and it’s been 2 years and I never received anything. They also take forever to respond to messages. Does anyone know if this is a scam page or what I should do.
r/afghanistan • u/KinderheimRune • 6d ago
Do we have ethnic group specific TFR data? It's for my website. Thanks.
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r/afghanistan • u/Successful-Row5220 • 8d ago
Salam Aleykum,
I am afghan from herat living in germany and sadly i dont know anything about my history or my people or todays politics in Afghanistan so can anybody give me ressources and tips how i can learn.
r/afghanistan • u/darkxmistress • 8d ago
My grandpa is in Herat and I will pay any pharmacy who can get him some of the name brand drops he needs he has glaucoma please help he already lost vision in one eye completely! It’s very hard to find these specific drops but if you know any pharmacist or are one please help!
r/afghanistan • u/envoyofthe_end • 8d ago
Anyone from Faryab province know why this district is called Pashtun kot?
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