'Can't go back': How an Afghan girls' school principal fled the Taliban
AJ Longreads5 Mars 2023

'Can't go back': How an Afghan girls' school principal fled the Taliban

After fleeing the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, the former head of a girls' school in Kabul tries to make a new life in Canada.

Written by Mellissa Fung.

Read by Laura Lockwood.

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Revisit: Afghan Interpreters betrayed

Revisit: Afghan Interpreters betrayed

Hundreds of Afghans risked their lives to assist the US military with interpreting and other services after 9-11. Fearing for their lives, many have been desperate to leave since the Taliban re-took p...

16 Jan 202225min

‘The radio station at the heart of an India-GDR friendship’.

‘The radio station at the heart of an India-GDR friendship’.

This week we have the untold story of a shared history that is now coming to light.This is 'the radio station at the heart of an India-GDR friendship'. Written by Gouri Sharma Read by Mohita Namjosh...

9 Jan 202218min

Revisiting 'I was born here, I'll be buried here' In Afghanistan to stay

Revisiting 'I was born here, I'll be buried here' In Afghanistan to stay

In August 2021, the Taliban took back control in Afghanistan. Tens of thousands of people fled remembering how in the 1990s the group ruled through fear. But one Afghan woman has chosen to stay - even...

1 Jan 20227min

Revisiting Nigeria’s unregulated human egg industry

Revisiting Nigeria’s unregulated human egg industry

On this week's AJ Long Reads we revisit Nigeria’s unregulated human egg industry. It's a booming fertility business, but women who donate their eggs face unfavourable conditions along with health and ...

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‘We do the police’s job’

‘We do the police’s job’

With the Lebanese state in crisis, some unlikely characters are imposing law and order in one of the country’s most neglected regions. ‘We do the police’s job’: Defending Lebanon’s most lawless towns ...

19 Dec 202126min

The Louisiana Indigenous community fighting for hurricane justice

The Louisiana Indigenous community fighting for hurricane justice

After Hurricane Ida, Chief Shirell and her tribe aim to rebuild even as sinking land, government neglect imperil their survival. Written by Delaney Nolan Read by Sheila Sharma

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'Humans are for the grave'

'Humans are for the grave'

After post-coup protests, Karen State in Myanmar faced a crackdown by the nation's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. Now, many rebuild, while others grow defiant. Ready by Loveday Smith.

5 Dec 202119min

Horrors on the Plateau

Horrors on the Plateau

In central Nigeria, the farmer-herder conflict is now one of the country's deadliest security threats after Boko Haram in the northeast and banditry in the northwest. Hear from the witness accounts. W...

27 Nov 202118min

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