In response to the Taliban's ban on women's voices, this woman from Afghanistan sings a powerful poem: "Not afraid of hope, love, and tomorrow, not afraid of kissing you among the Taliban."

Afghan men: Your silence is a betrayal.

It’s been 1,080 days since these men decided that millions of girls can't go to school in Afghanistan and they've gotten away with it, roaming the world freely.

Burqas and covering a woman's face like that isn't part of Afghan culture; it's part of the imposed Talibanization of Afghanistan.

Love this Coldplay track dedicated to the Iranian women’s fight against the regime. I hope gobal artists start featuring the struggles of Afghan women in their music too.

Take the Taliban to the International Criminal Court instead of inviting them to international events. The Taliban are perpetrating a gender apartheid against 20 million women and are responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of innocents.

If homosexuality were legalized in Afghanistan or other Muslim-majority countries, the openly homosexual population might exceed that of Western countries. This is "reaction formation," where people publicly oppose what they secretly feel due to cultural taboos.

Maram’s stunning piano performance in Kabul. Under the Taliban, music is now illegal. The Afghanistan National Institute of Music empowered talents like her, but one of the Taliban's first moves was to ban the school.

From stylish 1960s fashion to vibrant traditional attires, Afghan women once celebrated their identity freely. Now, the Taliban have imposed black burqas on Afghanistan, which has nothing to do with Afghan culture—it's pure erasure.

People are on the run from Taliban's Sharia law. In one week, 70,000 left; over the past year, 1.5 million joined the 8 million who’ve fled since the Doha deal. At this rate, Afghanistan's 40 million could be forced out within a decade.

The Taliban’s promise of an inclusive government is mere propaganda. They fundamentally reject the democratic principle that political legitimacy comes from the will of the people and free elections. Their power structure is a sham.

Afghanistan’s breakdancer Manijeh Talash, who hopes to return to her homeland and live in freedom, tearfully urged Afghan girls not to surrender to Taliban tyranny. Her brave #FreeAfghanWomen message on her cape cost her the Olympics.

The Taliban’s religious police have beaten two women for going to the city market in Sarpul province. Afghan women say restrictions are tightening as the morality police enforce their new vice and virtue law, which even bans women from speaking or showing their faces in public.

Though their voices tremble, they sing with unyielding strength—Afghan women continue to defy the Taliban’s vice and virtue law that bans them from speaking in public or showing their faces.

The Taliban have resumed public lashings of women for what they consider morality crimes. In this video, Taliban members whip a woman in public, then shout "Allahu Akbar," celebrating their jihad against Afghan women.

Basira Sipahi was one of the 7,000 women serving in the Afghan security forces before the Taliban's return in 2021, when women held 27% of parliamentary seats and made up 28% of the government workforce. Now, their public presence has been almost completely erased.

This is Afghanistan’s culture, not what the Taliban show you. #Attan

Fawzia Koofi says the Taliban told her during negotiations that they’d allow women to pursue education, even PhDs—but they lied. The Taliban don't believe in coexistence. Koofi is a strong voice for Afghan women and a member of the negotiating team.

Many Muslims talk up Sharia law for others, but they'd rather live in secular Western countries themselves. It’s surprising how many Muslims in Europe and North America actually support the Taliban.