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Afghanistan's abandoned women

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IwantToRetire · 14/09/2026 02:12

I happened to catch a segment of a news report on Sky by Alex Crawford who has been in Afghanistan.

In a clip about a terrible flooding disaster in a mountainous region. Not as big as Nepal but again a deep valley where buildings etc. destroyed. And no outside help.

But also showed the visit from an aid worker for a women's charity set up by another Sky reporter Yalda Hakim to support girls and women in Afghanistan. (It was filmed by chance as he arrived with school books etc during the desperate attempts to find people lost in the flood)

Link to her foundation as quite often it comes up as to who is able to help girls in Afganistan. https://www.yaldahakimfoundation.org/

Link to article about various news stories Alex Crawford did from Afghanistan, which includes the clip of the school books being delivered and the excitement of the girls.
https://news.sky.com/story/why-getting-pregnant-can-be-a-death-sentence-in-afghanistan-13584408

https://www.yaldahakimfoundation.org/

YHF Foundation | The Yalda Hakim Foundation

https://www.yaldahakimfoundation.org

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Grammarnut · 14/09/2026 13:19

Afghanistan is awful for women - even the ones who agree with the Taliban.

IwantToRetire · 14/09/2026 17:08

Hope my OP made sense. Was late at night and was so overcome seeing the young girls so excited to get their school books.

But also really inspiring to see that there is help happening on the ground. ie on previous threads many of the organisations supporting women are having to do it digitally.

Thanks to Yalda Hakim https://www.yaldahakimfoundation.org/

YHF Foundation | The Yalda Hakim Foundation

https://www.yaldahakimfoundation.org

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