KABUL, Afghanistan — Since the day the Taliban and the U.S. began negotiating almost two years ago, Laila Haidari hasn't had a good night's...
Haidari, 43, is one of the few female activists to have stayed in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover last summer. She has long flaunted convention.
To mark International Women's Day 2019, we spoke to six women human rights defenders, each from a different country in South Asia.
Her friends and family tell her to pack up and flee Afghanistan without waiting for the possible return of the Taliban, but sitting on a...
After enduring rape and fighting for 10 years for a divorce, Laila does not want Afghanistan to return to Taliban rule.
Laila Haidari runs Kabul's Mother Recovery Center, which has been set up to help and treat addicted and homeless youths in the Afghan capital.
Three women from Pakistan have made it to the British Broadcasting Corporation's 100 women of 2021, a list that includes inspiring and...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES – Early this month, the Dutch Government awarded its prestigious Geuzenpenning to the activist and social...
Laila Haidari risks her life to run the country's only private rehabilitation centre, helping hundreds of addicts a year.
Many women have set up secret, underground businesses to make ends meet as the Taliban imposes brutal restrictions on their freedoms.
Activist and founder of a Kabul-based drug rehabilitation center (Mother Camp); known for work supporting vulnerable women and addicts.
