Afghan Women Activists Speak of Hell in Taliban Prisons
More than four years after the Taliban seized power, repression against women in Afghanistan has not eased — it has hardened into a system.
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February 1, 2026
More than four years after the Taliban seized power, repression against women in Afghanistan has not eased — it has hardened into a system.
A poem by Jaylan Arsalan unfolds between restraint and revelation: smiles that conceal exhaustion, relationships stretched by distance, a childhood that can no longer be returned to, a home imagined that turns into exile.
The Rhythm That Refuses to Die
Afghanistan’s rulers may silence instruments, ban melodies, and punish dancers — but they cannot kill rhythm. Across the country, hidden communities of artists, musicians, and dreamers continue to create in secret. In bedrooms, basements, and on smuggled phones, they build small digital worlds where freedom still moves to a beat. (more…)