Recounting her pain – and expressing disbelief that the world is turning a blind eye – she says: “We are in danger for even breathing and existing as women. It is like the world cannot hear our voices ...

Elaha Safdari was 17 and had just earned her maiden call-up as a goalkeeper for Afghanistan's women's football team when she was forced to flee Kabul during the Taliban takeover in 2021.

Afghan women held up signs that said “Forgiving the Taliban is an act of enmity against humanity” and “August 15th is a dark day.” The women were fully veiled, except for their eyes, in the ...

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021 as U.S. and NATO forces withdrew after more than two decades of a costly war.

Elaha Safdari was 17 and had just earned her maiden call-up as a goalkeeper for Afghanistan's women's football team when she was forced to flee Kabul during the Taliban takeover in 2021. Safdari was ...

As millions of women have been stripped of their rights, voices, and freedom, a young changemaker has been watching from afar ...