Afghan Girl Disguised as Boy to Support Family Under Taliban Rule Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.

The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/05/desperate-nooria-disguises-herself-to-provide-for-her-family/ KABUL, May 19 2026 (IPS) - Nooria is a young girl who, because of poverty and the absence of a man in her family, had to dress in boys’ clothes so she could work and feed her family. It was not a choice, it was survival. But she was eventually caught by the Taliban. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service.