Afghans have endured decades of repeated upheavals under successive regimes. Listen to their remarkable stories of resilience in the face of seemingly unending hardship in this series of radio documentaries, produced in Dari and Pashto.
Produced by IWPR in partnership with the Afghan Witness Project, these reports focus on one of three recent eras during which human rights abuses were part of the every day fabric of life: the Russian occupation from 1979-1989; the mujahideen/civil war era from 1990-1995; and the Taliban era from 1996-2001.
The reports seek to give voice to those who would otherwise be silenced, and will be broadcast in Dari and Pashto on local radio stations across Afghanistan.
Click these links to hear each story.
Nineteen years ago, the worst fighting in Kabul was in Afshar District, where 300 people died in a single day. Many were forced from their homes as mujahideen warlords vied for control of the city. Now residents from ...
Rahman lost 13 members of his family, including his father, brother and uncle, when the Taliban took control of Mazar-e-Sharif. Hundreds of people were executed by Taliban fighters in Qizel Abad district, as the enacted revenge for mass ...
In the summer of 1996, the Taliban captured Herat City in western Afghanistan. They banned music and TV and closed schools and universities to women. Soon, women were not even allowed to walk in the streets without a ...
