Adela Raz, Afghanistan’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, is one of the highest-ranking women in the Afghan government.
Bibi is 55 years old and has only one name. She and her family fled her home in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province as fighting raged between government forces and Islamic State militants. She works in a brick factory and supports her wounded son, her daughter-in-law, and nine grandchildren.
A bomb blast and a shooting attack in Kabul on December 15 killed at least three people, including a deputy provincial governor, officials said.
The Afghan government has failed to set up a functioning judiciary across the country's many districts, and the Taliban has stepped in by establishing shadow courts that provide locals their only means of settling disputes or seeking justice.
Taliban militants have killed at least 10 members of the Afghan security forces in the northern province of Kunduz, officials said on December 14, as the government announced that peace talks will resume next month.
Kabul police say that at least three people have been killed in separate bomb and gun attacks in Afghanistan's capital.
Well-known Afghan writer and media activist Rahnaward Zaryab has died from COVID-19 at a hospital in Kabul. He was 76.
A prominent Afghan journalist and news anchor has been shot dead alongside her driver as she traveled to work in Jalalabad. Malala Maiwand, 24, worked for the private media group Enikass and was a vocal advocate of women's rights.
Optimism among Afghans regarding the country's peace process has decreased significantly in the past few months amid a spike in violence, according to a survey released on December 11.
The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution over Russian objections on December 10 commending progress in peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban while urging stepped-up efforts to tackle terrorist attacks in the country.
The killing of a female journalist has deprived Afghanistan of a bold campaigner who spoke truth to power and stood for preserving her country's gains in human rights and freedoms that were unthinkable under previous Afghan regimes.
Merman Radio, a female-led station in the Afghan city of Kandahar, has received the 2020 Prize for Impact from press-freedom group Reporters Without Borders. The broadcasters won praise for their programs on issues that affect Afghan women.
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