Kreshma Fakhri

Nov 18, 2024 | zantimes.com | Kreshma Fakhri |Jessica Purkiss

Reports November 18, 2024 Share on By: Kreshma Fakhri and Jessica PurkissMaryam’s in-laws had owned their home in Kabul’s Khair Khana neighbourhood for the last five decades when the Taliban-run municipality told them it was time to leave.  In 2023, the Kabul municipality informed them that the house was in the path of a new road. They were given a year to vacate, but they say this year was quickly shrunk to a month, and then to just a week.

Feb 12, 2024 | zantimes.com | Zahra Nader |Kreshma Fakhri

Reports February 12, 2024 Share on By: Zahra Nader and Kreshma Fakhri It was late July 2023 when news began to circulate on social media: The Taliban were going to stone to death an unmarried couple for eloping. The story was repeated in several local media sources within Afghanistan, including the country’s well-known newspaper, , which quoted sources saying that the stoning would occur the next day, July 29.  In the end, the couple was not stoned to death last summer.

May 15, 2023 | zantimes.com | Archit Mehta |Kreshma Fakhri

By Archit Mehta and Kreshma Fakhri  When Saeeda* was dismissed from her role as a local government employee in Herat province, she lost more than her job. She lost her financial independence, the hard-won respect of her husband, and her sense of professional fulfilment.    “There was a time when I mattered. Those days are gone and so has my happiness. There are days when I do not even recognise my husband … with each passing day he behaves increasingly like a Talib,” she said.

Mar 27, 2023 | zantimes.com | Kreshma Fakhri

By Kreshma Fakhri Hamida* was a 10th grade student in Badghis province before the Taliban came to power. She studied day and night, in pursuit of one goal: to be a midwife. “There are few female midwives in Badghis, and mothers die during childbirth, that’s why I wanted to study to become a midwife so that I can help these mothers,” she says to Zan Times.  But after the Taliban closed schools for girls in September 2021, she realized that her goal had become impossible to achieve.

Mar 27, 2023 | zantimes.com | Kreshma Fakhri

کرشمه فخری  حمیده*، دختر ‌هژده‌ساله‌ای است که تا قبل از آمدن طالبان دانش‌آموز صنف دهم در ولایت بادغیس بود. او شبانه‌روز برای رسیدن به یک هدف درس می‌خواند: «‌در بادغیس تعداد ‌قابله‌های زن کم است و همیشه مادران هنگام ولادت جان‌شان را از دست می‌دهند، به همین دلیل من می‌خواستم درس بخوانم ]قابله ‌شوم[ تا بتوانم به این مادران کمک کنم.»   اما پس از این‌که طالبان در ماه سنبله ۱۴۰۱ مکاتب را به روی دختران بستند، او به مکتب باز نگشته است و اکنون رسیدن به این هدف را ناممکن می‌بیند.