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An Afghan teacher and a jailed lawyer from Tajikistan on Tuesday won the Martin Ennals Award, one of the world's most prestigious rights prizes, with the jury hailing their "exceptional courage".

Dozens of Afghan women residing in Tajikistan have rallied at Afghanistan's embassy in Dushanbe to protest against the erosion of human rights under the newly installed Taliban-led government and ...

An Afghan woman awaiting extradition said "no one deserves this" as thousands of people try to flee the country and the return of the Taliban, the Associated Press reported. Massouma Tajik, a 22 ...

Afghan women speak out in 'We Are Still Here,' 'My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird' This week marks a year since ... Iran, Sweden, Tajikistan, and the USA." Sponsor Message. That heightened awareness is ...

2 Afghan Women Refuse To Give Up On The Lives They Want To Live NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to two unidentified young Afghan women who ... There is no one by the name of Hazara, Tajik or any other ...

Tajik, a 22-year old data analyst working for a U.S. contractor helping Afghan businesses, had gotten the call on Sunday afternoon, informing her she had just 10 minutes to leave for the airport.

For Afghan women struggling with the pressures of living in Tajikistan as refugees, the Ariana Learning Center is a source of hope and healing. Located in the city of Vahdat, some 20 kilometers ...

Tajikistan's security chief has linked Afghan refugees to a rise in drugs and weapons smuggling ... “Under the Taliban, a woman must only go out with a chaperone, a man. But I am one man in the family ...

Some Afghan women have begun an online campaign against the Taliban by sharing pictures of intricate outfits traditional for their regions, tribes and ethnic groups.

The journeys of these eight women are varied. Some are stories of hope. Some of fear. All are stories of resilience. “What we need is not pity and empathy,” says Masouma Tajik, a 23-year-old ...

An Afghan teacher and a jailed lawyer from Tajikistan on Tuesday won the Martin Ennals Award, one of the world's most prestigious rights prizes, with the jury hailing their "exceptional courage ...