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.