‘We fear bombs more than the Taliban,’ says Kunduz resident
The Taliban attacked the northeast Afghan city of Kunduz on Monday, taking control of the city centre and army strongholds. According to one of our Observers…
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Take a ride with the cyclist who brings books to isolated Afghan kids
A few months ago, we wrote an article about our Observer Saber Hosseini, a teacher who cycles out to remote villages in Afghanistan to give books…
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Marriage of 6-year-old girl in exchange for goat shocks Afghans
A video of a crying 6-year-old Afghan girl is being widely shared on social media in Afghanistan. Her name is Gharibgol, and she was sold into…
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The cyclist bringing books to isolated Afghan children
In war-ravaged Afghanistan, children have little access to literature, even in big cities. So for children living in remote areas that are hard to reach in…
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Inside Kunduz: ‘The Taliban have taken my city’
In the early hours of Monday, Taliban insurgents overran Kurduz, a major city in northern Afghanistan. A local Afghan journalist spoke to us of the chaos…
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Afghan woman brutally lynched by mob in Kabul for ‘burning Koran’
A mob of men begin lynching an Afghan woman in the capital Kabul. An Afghan woman was brutally beaten to death and then burned by a…
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Kabul woman wears armour to protest sexual harassment
An Afghan artist walked through the streets of Kabul wearing metal armour in a bid to denounce sexual harassment, a courageous performance that nearly got her…
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Asylum seekers dreaming of Australia stuck on island ‘hell’
These asylum seekers dream of a promised land, but many end up in island camps far from Australia’s pristine shores. The camps were set up by…
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Iran’s wetlands: a ‘real massacre’ for migratory birds
Every fall, millions of migratory birds from all over Europe head to Iran. One of their favoured destinations is the wetlands near Fereydunkenar, in the country’s…
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From Syria to Europe: A human trafficker’s tale
One of our Observers in Turkey was able to secretly record a conversation in which a human smuggler describes his work. In the recording, the man…
