Untold Afghanistan

Sahar Fetrat, an Afghan documentary filmmaker and activist.

This Afghan filmmaker got her start fighting street harassment with her camera

Sahar Fetrat was only 15 years old when she first picked up a camera. She used it to shoot a video for a school project. But soon she found it to be a powerful weapon against harassers.

This Afghan filmmaker got her start fighting street harassment with her camera
Zahra, a Hazara, at Dr. Zalmai Khan Ahmadzai's clinic in Kabul. She says she wants to get a nose job.

Changing your face to disguise your ethnicity? Maybe, for these Afghan women.

Changing your face to disguise your ethnicity? Maybe, for these Afghan women.
28-year-old Marzie Noori is a model in Afghanistan. She says at first, her family was against her decision to become a model. "They were so strict," she says, "but I have always considered one thing in my life and that's I will do whatever I like to do."

Today, women's clothing in Afghanistan includes far more than the blue burqa

Today, women's clothing in Afghanistan includes far more than the blue burqa
Samaneh Nasiri, a student at the American University of Afghanistan in her dorm room. Nasiri survived an attack on the school in 2016.

After surviving an attack on their school in Kabul, these students show that ‘education prevails’

After surviving an attack on their school in Kabul, these students show that ‘education prevails’
A nurse attends to a newborn at the Malalai Maternity Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.

She saved a pregnant woman’s life. Now, she works to make childbirth safer for all Afghan women.

She saved a pregnant woman’s life. Now, she works to make childbirth safer for all Afghan women.