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Wajed Rohani

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Wajed Rohani is a journalist from Herat, Afghanistan, with over a decade of experience reporting on terrorism, radicalism, security and extremism for Independent Persian. He currently lives in exile in the United States following the Taliban’s return to power.

<p>Taliban security personnel stand guard as a burqa-clad Afghan woman walks along a street at a market in the Baharak district of Badakhshan province in February 2024</p>
South Asia

The ‘Talibanisation’ of Afghanistan should have us all worried

<p>Burqa-clad Afghan women walk on a road in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 22 August 2024</p>
South Asia

Afghan women workers at risk as Taliban tightens restrictions

<p>Herat is renowned for its mosaic tiles </p>
Middle East

The workshop producing Timurid tiles in Herat

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