The first issue of the Afghan women’s magazine covers standard ground, like fashion tips during pregnancy and interviews with young pop artists about their love lives.

There is also more serious fare, like an article about breast cancer and an essay on a proposed family law that has been delayed for years by conservatives who oppose the safeguards it would bring.

Yet the magazine, Gellara, differs in one crucial respect from most women’s periodicals around the world: It could provoke anger, or worse.