When Freedom Kneels in Delhi

Seventy years after India won freedom from the British, India’s democracy has finally bowed, surrendering to the Taliban... and women become collateral damage.

Oct 14, 2025

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FOREWORD FROM DANIEL CLARKE-SERRET:

Today, Guerre and Shalom is honoured to welcome writer, commentator and human rights advocate Shabnam Nasimi. Shabnam is the co-founder and Director of Friends of Afghan Women Network (FAWN) and she previously worked as a Senior Policy Advisor to the UK Minister for Refugees and Minister for Afghan Resettlement. She li…

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Shabnam Nasimi

Writer and public historian, bringing you lost and erased stories from Afghanistan and beyond. Usually found digging through the past in an old bookshop.