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Recent abductions show Taliban’s goal of removing women from public sphere

By Paiman Arman,* translated into English by Rustam Seerat

6 min readJan 12, 2024

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Recent abductions show Taliban’s goal of removing women from public sphere

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How much can you earn from medium, realistically?

I will tell you, but first, let me bore you with how I got to the medium.

3 min readFeb 6, 2023

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The Medium Journey: Rollercoasters, Penguins, and the Almighty Algorithm

Happy New Y, fellow writers and aspiring wordsmiths! Picture this: A year spent typing away like a caffeinated squirrel, 141 stories…

2 min readDec 31, 2023

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The Medium Journey: Rollercoasters, Penguins, and the Almighty Algorithm

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How I became literate but had to bury my books

My story on how I learned to read and write and how I buried my books when the Taliban took over Afghanistan for the 2nd time.

5 min readJan 21, 2023

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Can the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan teach us a thing or two about the Ukraine war?

Almost 34 years ago, on this day — February 15th, 1989 — the last Soviet soldier left Afghanistan. As we mark this anniversary, I take a…

5 min readFeb 15, 2023

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Can the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan teach us a thing or two about the Ukraine war?

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More Than 300,000 Children Affected by Floods in Afghanistan

Report by BBC Persian, translated into English by Rustam Seerat

3 min read1 day ago

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More Than 300,000 Children Affected by Floods in Afghanistan

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Stamped

By Nassim Ibrahimi, translated to English by Rustam Seerat

3 min read3 days ago

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The Dilemma: To Remember or Not to Remember a Massacre?

Power structures suppress uncomfortable truth about Tantura

3 min read4 days ago

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The Dilemma: To Remember or Not to Remember a Massacre?

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Don’t Leverage Taliban-Oppressed Women in Western Gender Debates

Or the false dichotomy of discontent

3 min readApr 28, 2024

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Don’t Leverage Taliban-Oppressed Women in Western Gender Debates

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A Night Out in Kabul Under Taliban Rule

‌By Almabigum, translated into English by Rustam Seerat

3 min readApr 27, 2024

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A Night Out in Kabul Under Taliban Rule

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Rustam Seerat

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I scout Afghanistan media for stories about women that deserve wider attention. Whatever I earn on Medium, 50% will be donated to educating children in Afg.

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