Taliban

Kabul Diaries Part 9: ‘In Kabul we can’t afford a loaf of bread or paracetamol anymore’

Three weeks have passed since the fall of Kabul. If one dares to go outside, then all you see is the Taliban — with their guns roaming around — very few women can be seen outside, writes Yasmeen Afghan.

Afghanistan: Women defy Taliban, demand the right to freedom

A group of young Afghan women secretly held a press conference in a Kabul suburb on August 28 to launch a new women's movement against the Taliban and present their demands, reports Farooq Sulehria.

Children in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2019 by Laura Quagliuolo

Kabul Diaries Part 8: Kabul is a spooky town now

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Kabul Diaries Part 7: ‘Missing Kabul while living in Kabul’

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict the picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Kabul Diaries Part 6: One week of Taliban occupation

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Kabul Diaries Part 5: Before the Taliban Occupation — Anecdotes from Kabul University

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Dawa Khan Menapal

Kabul Diaries Part 4: ‘Every knock at the door sinks my heart. I feel they have come to kill me’

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Streetscape in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2019 by Laura Quagliuolo

Kabul Diaries Part 3: ‘Instead of granting amnesty, Taliban should instead ask us for amnesty’

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Women in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2019 by Laura Quagliuolo

Kabul Diaries Part 2: 'Silence in Kabul scarier than bomb blasts'

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Women and children in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2019 by Laura Quagliuolo

Kabul Diaries Part 1: 'Anger, fear, helplessness'

The daily Jeddojehad (Struggle), a left-wing online Urdu-language paper is posting reports from Kabul. Filed by Yasmeen Afghan (not the author’s real name), these reports depict picture from inside Kabul and cover what is often ignored in the mainstream media.

Women confront the Taliban

Pakistani leftist Farooq Sulehria interviews Sudaba Kabiri, one of the women who organised the first protest against the Taliban in Kabul.

A tale of two US-Australia military disasters: Saigon and Kabul

Jim McIlroy argues that the lesson of Saigon in 1975 and Kabul in 2021 is that imperialist invasion and domination lead to disaster.Â