Following the powerful earthquake in Samangan and Balkh provinces, women in these regions have expressed deep concern over the lack of healthcare services, shelter, and basic necessities, saying that life after the disaster has become extremely difficult for them.

As part of the Taliban’s ongoing campaign of repression against women, the group’s departments for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has recently warned women and girls in several provinces not to recite the Quran aloud during religious ceremonies.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health has announced that the death toll from the recent earthquake in northern Afghanistan has risen to 27.

While women in Afghanistan remain deprived of their most basic rights, including education, employment, and sport, a group of Afghan women footballers in exile are writing a new story of resistance and hope.