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امریکا از گلبدین محتضر و بو گرفته دوباره سگ شکاری می‌سازد! تجلیل از بیست و نهمین سالروز شهادت مینا در کابل RAWA commemorates the 29th anniversary of Meena’s martyrdom February 5, 2016 RAWA member attends ‘Women in Black’ conference in India December 1, 2015 هفت و هشت ثوری‌های جانی عوامل سیهروزی مردم ما! The murderous criminals of 27th and 28th April are responsible for our people’s suffering! April 27, 2015 RAWA member attends the First Middle East Democratic Youth Conference in Turkey March 28, 2015 فرخنده در آتش جانیان سوخت، بنیادگرایان باید در آتش خشم مردم ما بسوزند! Farkhunda burned in the fire of murderers, fundamentalists should burn in the fire of our people’s wrath! March 26, 2015 Events held to commemorate the 28th martyrdom anniversary of Meena February 6, 2015 با وحدت سرتاسری، اشغالگران امریکایی و ناتو را بروبیم! سرتاسري یووالي سره امریکایي او ناټو نیواکګر دمنځه یوسو! Let us drive away the US and NATO occupiers with our unity! 13th anniversary of US invasion - October 7, 2014 «انتخابات» جنایتکاران سگ زرد برادر شغال عاملان فجایع هشت و هفت ثور تا کنون حاکم اند The perpetrators of the disasters of 28th and 27th April are still dominant April 28, 2014 «راوا» بیست و هفتمین سالیاد شهادت مینا را برگزار نمود RAWA commemorates the 27th anniversary of Meena’s martyrdom February 6, 2014 کسب استقلال، شرط اول بهروزی وطن و مردم ما د خپلواکي ترلاسه کول، زموږ د خلکو او هیواد د بریالیتوب لومړنی شرط Independence, the first condition for the prosperity of our homeland and people 12th anniversary of US invasion - October 7, 2013 داغ های ننگین هفتم و هشتم ثور را با نابودی عاملین آن ها از تقویم خواهیم زدود ! د غویي اتمې او اوومې ننګونې به د دې د لاملینو د منځه وړلو سره له کلیزې لیرې کړو! زنان افغان در آتش بیداد بنیادگرایان و اشغالگران می‌سوزند افغانې ښځې د بنسټپالو او نیواکګرو د بې عدالتۍ په اور کې سوزي Afghan women burn in the fire of the oppression of the occupiers and fundamentalists International Women's Day - March 8, 2013 «کنفرانس پاریس»: نه می‌بخشیم، نه فراموش می‌کنیم! «د پاریس کنفرانس»: نه یې بخښو، نه یې له یاده اوباسو! Paris Conference: We Will Neither Forgive nor Forget! صلح با جنایتکاران جنگ با مردم! Peace with Criminals, War with People! June 1, 2010: RAWA statement on "Consultative Peace Jirga" نه امریکا، نه خاینان ۸ ثور، ۷ ثور و طالبی، افغانستانی مستقل و دموکراتیک! Emancipation of Afghan women not attainable as long as the occupation, Taliban and National Front criminals are not sacked! بدون راندن اشغالگران و جنایت پیشگان طالبی و «جبهه ملی»، رهایی زنان افغانستان ممکن نیست! د طالبي، ملي جبهې او اشغا‌لګرانو د ځغلولو پرته؛ د افغانستان د ښځو خلاصون شونى نه دى! Italiano | Español | 日本語 Let's rise against the war crimes of U.S. and its fundamentalist lackeys! علیه جنایات جنگی امریکا و نوکران بنیادگرایش بپا خیزیم! (Photos) تصاویر قتل عام بالابلوک | فلمی از قربانیان طرح ننگین مصالحه ملی، آخرین میخ بر تابوت دموکراسی کاذب Disgraceful Bill of "National Conciliation": The last nail into the coffin of fake democracy ... more RAWA Statements and Past Events

Reality of life in so-called "liberated" Afghanistan

Babies among 16 killed as gunmen attack maternity ward in Kabul May 12, 2020, Al-Jazeera: Gunmen stormed a maternity hospital in the western part of the Afghan capital Kabul, setting off an hours-long shootout with the police and killing 16 people, including two newborn babies, their mothers and an unspecified number of nurses. An image showed a woman who had been killed lying on the ground still holding tightly to her baby, who a nurse in the unit confirmed to Reuters news agency had survived and had been moved to an intensive care unit at another hospital. Abdul Baari never returned, his mother: “Iranian border guards have no mercy” May 7, 2020, Etilaat Roz (Translated by RAWA): The sound of crying from a poor hut in the Tanke Maulawi area of Herat has not been silenced for several days. They lost their only breadwinner in an accident. Iranian border guards allegedly threw Afghan refugees into a river after torturing them. Abdul Baari was 19-years-old and gathered his courage to smuggle himself into Iran to find work. Little did he know that he was not to return and his trip would bring back his dead body for his loved ones and a world of grief for his mother. “They Were Laughing”: Iranian Border Guards Accused Of Torturing, Drowning Afghan Migrants May 6, 2020, RFE/RL: To escape war and poverty, Shah Wali left his village in northwestern Afghanistan in search of a better life in neighboring Iran. As the 28-year-old set off on his journey, he was gripped by fear. Iranian border guards beat, shot at, and even killed Afghan migrants who illegally crossed the border. And even if he reached Iran, he would be subjected to the violence and injustice suffered by many members of Iran’s sizable Afghan community. Husband, father, sex worker: As adults, Afghanistan’s “dancing boys” lead double lives May 4, 2020, Thomson Reuters Foundation: In conservative Afghanistan, former dancing boy Farhad leads a double life; married father-of-six by day, cross-dressing dancer and sex worker by night. The practice of “bacha bazi” - translated as “boy play” - involves boys dressing up and dancing at private parties, but it was outlawed in 2017 amid concerns it fostered sexual abuse and servitude of young boys by powerful, older men. Civil war, poverty and now the virus: Afghanistan stands on the brink May 2, 2020, The Guardian: The main hospital in Zabul, southern Afghanistan, was abandoned after a Taliban attack last September destroyed most of the building and killed nearly 40 people. But when coronavirus slipped into the province this spring, desperate health authorities, casting around for ways to fight this new enemy, settled on its shattered remains. Afghanistan: Women with Disabilities Face Systemic Abuse UN documents 533 civilian casualties in Afghanistan Op-Ed: 75 percent of US veterans polled want withdrawal from Afghanistan Roadside bomb kills four civilians in Afghanistan Afghanistan’s Next War Afghanistan Among “Deadliest Countries” for Reporters: RSF The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t stopped the war in Afghanistan Taliban kill five central bank workers in western Afghanistan Weakened ISIL’s sectarian agenda exacts heavy toll in Afghanistan Solidarity for Sikhs after Afghanistan massacre Afghanistan- Daikundi women drug addicts want treatment Gunmen Kill Dozens at Event Attended by Afghan Politicians Armed robbers brutally killed an Afghan woman in Kabul city Kabul killings highlight rising drug addiction in Afghanistan Afghanistan: Sexual Assaults Go Unpunished Record 7,423 US bombs dropped in Afghanistan in 2019: Report Afghan religious clerk warns to punish women who disregard Islamic Hijab The Afghanistan Papers Are a Case Study in Colonial Propaganda From Vietnam to Afghanistan, all US governments lie US lies and deception spelled out in Afghanistan papers’ shocking detail How Pakistan Has Won the War in Afghanistan (America Lost) Plant-Based Meth Is the Next Frontier of Afghanistan’s Drug Trade Australian troops accused of war crimes in Afghanistan ISI trained al-Qaeda to fight in Afghanistan, admits Pakistan PM Imran Khan Mass Killings In Afghanistan Are Acts of White Supremacy Russia accuses US of transferring Daesh to northern Afghanistan Inside Afghanistan: Nearly Half of Afghan Women Want to Leave 40 civilians, including children, reported killed in Afghan commando strike Afghanistan: US confirms drone attack that killed 30 farmers 39 dead, 95 wounded in Taliban car bomb attack on hospital in Afghanistan Afghanistan war: The BBC confirms 473 civilians killed and 786 injured in August Inside Afghanistan: Nearly Nine in 10 Afghans Are Suffering Afghanistan, Graveyard of Empires The Annual Cost Of The War In Afghanistan Since 2001 [Infographic] How India secretly armed Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance In Afghanistan, Combating the Dubious Science of Virginity Testing Inside Afghanistan’s main forensic lab: Four scientists, one microscope Inside Afghanistan: Record Numbers Struggle to Afford Basics US Combat Deaths in Afghanistan Hit Highest Level in 5 Years; 2 More Casualties on Wednesday Girls School Torched In Kabul More... Manizha beaten with sticks, chains and a whip Gang-Rape Victims Cry for Justice Gang-rape of 12-y-old Afghan girl "Globalization" of Poverty Hits Afghanistan An Afghan woman abused by her husband Ear and nose of Nafisa was cut off by her husband A 12-y-old girl victim of violence Many Afghan Women Commit Self-immolations (Photos and Movie Clip) 11-year-old Sanobar is abducted and raped 7-year-old Samia Victim of Violence Destitution in Kabul Victims of the US strikes RAWA Schools more photos...

Books on RAWA and Afghan women:

Meena - Heroine of Afghanistan The Martyr who founded RAWA by Melody Ermachild Chavis Italian version published		Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence By Sonali Kolhatkar with James Ingalls
Zoya's Story: An Afghan Woman's Battle for Freedom by Zoya with John Follain and Rita Cristofari		With All Our Strength: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan By Anne Brodsky

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