18 Stunning Portraits Of Women In Kabul
“I will lose my identity as a human being, a woman, and an artist.”

KABUL, Afghanistan — The women of Afghanistan would like to be heard.
Before the recent peace negotiations suddenly broke down — when President Donald Trump announced that he had canceled secret talks with the Taliban — women had been almost entirely sidelined from the conversation about the future of their country.
The US intervention in Afghanistan in 2001 was premised in part on liberating women from the restrictive rule of the Taliban. The last 18 years have seen some progress, and life has improved for some women, allowing them enroll in school, work, and explore simple personal freedoms previously denied to them.
But many of them now fear for the future.
Photographer Kiana Hayeri spoke with 18 women in the Afghan capital of Kabul about their concerns if the Taliban were to regain power.
The Full Story: Afghanistan’s Women Don’t Want To Be Saved. But They Demand To Be Heard.
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Photographs by Kiana Hayeri for BuzzFeed News
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Kate Bubacz is the Photo Director for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
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Kiana is a photojournalist based out of Kabul, Afghanistan. She is a Senior TED fellow and regular contributor to The New York Times.
Contact Kiana Hayeri at kiana.hayeri@gmail.com.