On being abandoned after her husband and sons died fighting for the Taliban
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On being abandoned after her husband and sons died fighting for the Taliban
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Taliban interrogation of a detained girl in boys’ clothes-English subtitles
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Led by Afghan women, Zan Times is an investigative newsroom exposing human rights violations under Taliban rule. We provide fact-based reporting from inside Afghanistan, amplifying voices the Taliban wants to erase.
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Incredible news - legendary actor Naseeruddin Shah has joined the award-winning documentary "Far from Home"!
We are thrilled to have his support.
You can view the trailer for this documentary (just recently Oscar qualified) here:
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🗣️ #WPSWednesday: “Please hear our voices.” #Afghan women testify before the People’s Tribunal in Madrid, detailing Taliban’s gender persecution & demanding justice. @zahranader.bsky.social @zantimes.bsky.social zantimes.com/2025/10/08/p...
🌏 Enquanto nos preparamos para a 14ª Conferência Global de Jornalismo Investigativo na Malásia, de 20 a 24 de novembro, estamos animados em anunciar mais palestrantes confirmados!
🧵 Aqui está uma prévia de alguns dos nomes mais recentes que se juntarão a nós na #GIJC25:
🇦🇫 @zahranader.bsky.social — editor-in-chief, @zantimes.bsky.social
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — ED, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — filmmaker, founder @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — investigative reporter, @mongabay.com
🇦🇫 @zahranader.bsky.social — editora-chefe, @zantimes.bsky.social
🇷🇸 Mira Milosevic — editora executiva, @gfmd.info
🇫🇷 @laurentrichard.bsky.social — cineasta, fundadora @forbidden-stories.bsky.social
🇧🇷 @bykarlamendes.bsky.social — repórter investigativa, @mongabay.com
#GIJC25
Over the past four years, the Taliban have steadily erased women from Afghanistan’s educational and academic landscape. Now they have banned textbooks authored or compiled by women.
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For the past three years, 15-year-old Noria has continued her studies through educational radio programs. Her father, Haji Chinar Gul, is her greatest supporter.
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Today’s Afghanistan is different. Fathers no longer have the freedom to give wings to their daughters’ dreams. My father lived our dreams as though they were his own, rejoicing in even our smallest achievements.
zantimes.com/2025/08/26/m...
Although Pakistan’s similar deportation campaign has received more media coverage, Iran’s actions are larger in scale, quieter in execution, and arguably more brutal. @zahranader.bsky.social Zan Times writes
I am so sorry for what you are going through, I donated what I could and I pray for the safety of your family.
The international community is watching this unfold and doing almost nothing. UNHCR has issued statements that sound like press release templates. Western governments nod in the direction of concern but offer no action.
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‘We faced hunger before, but never like this’: skeletal children fill hospital wards as starvation grips Gaza
Iran has forcibly deported over 717,000 Afghan refugees and migrants since March 2025, with the total for the year exceeding one million. For them, crossing the border isn't an arrival home—it's the start of a new crisis.
Many arrive in Afghanistan with no money, no food, and no shelter.
On Iran’s deportation campaign against Afghan refugees, by @zahranader.bsky.social:
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(via @zantimes.bsky.social / @himalmag.bsky.social / @danielmang.bsky.social #LeftRenewal )
Over a dozen people who spoke with Zan Times described a process in which physical violence, humiliation and denial of food or medical care were commonplace.
This story is published in collaboration with Himal Southasian, a regional magazine of politics and culture.
zantimes.com/2025/07/18/d...
The International Women's Media Foundation has announced the winners of the 2025 Courage in Journalism Awards, honoring journalists who demonstrate extraordinary bravery and commitment to truth.
Learn more: https://twp.ai/9PUnx7
Among those deported are women who were the sole providers for their families or were travelling alone, and who face an impossible situation in Afghanistan. zahranader.bsky.social writes:
www.himalmag.com/politics/ira...
The Iranian officers said, “We can come up with a thousand reasons to keep you and punish you.” Even though we knew there was nothing incriminating on our devices, as the officers said, “Being Afghan is reason enough.”
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Afghan refugee: We’ve been humiliated so much in Iran
Finally some good news re: accountability efforts for gross violations of #womensrights in #afghanistan (with excellent commentary from @zahranader.bsky.social) #icc #humanrights #womenpeacesecurity
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Sana Atef, a Zan Times journalist reporting from southern Afghanistan, has been named one of five recipients of the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) Courage in Journalism Award for 2025.
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Sahar, a widow from Baghlan, had lived in Iran for more than a decade. She ran a small tailoring workshop, had put a deposit down on a home, and was raising five children alone. Now, she’s homeless in her home country.
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Today is a day of pride, a day to celebrate my colleague Sana, who has risked her life to report from the heart of the Taliban’s gender apartheid.
Thank you IWMF for recognizing her courage and dedication.
At @zantimes.bsky.social we are honoured to be working with her.
