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An Afghan man sells toys during the celebration for Afghan New Year (Newroz) in Kabul, Afghanistan March 20, 2016. Afghanistan uses the Persian calendar which runs from the vernal equinox. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

22 Mar 2022 5 minute read

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New year, fearful past

At Persian New Year, Sahar Fahimi speaks to Afghans about the humanitarian crisis tearing through their...

An Afghan man carries a package distributed by a Turkish humanitarian aid group at a distribution centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara

20 Dec 2021 5 minute read

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‘Let’s not make the same mistake again’

Ritu Mahendru speaks to Afghan aid organizations who claim international sanctions are making it harder to...

28 Oct 2021 3 minute read

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Introducing...Hibatullah Akhundzada

Richard Swift on the Taliban leadership that now governs over 40 million Afghans.

20 Oct 2021 4 minute read

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Afghan teenagers turn homeschoolers

Blocked from education by the Taliban, Ritu Mahendru speaks to young women risking their safety to teach...

Afghan women organize protests in Kabul, following the undemocratic takeover of the state apparatus by the Taliban.

27 Sep 2021 6 minute read

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‘I fought so hard for my rights’

Ritu Mahendru speaks to Afghan women at the forefront of resisting the Taliban’s oppression, including on...

A family from Afghanistan walk next to fence to cross into Pakistan at the Friendship Gate crossing point, in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan September 6, 2021. REUTERS/Abdul Khaliq Achakza

6 Sep 2021 6 minute read

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‘We have lost everything’

For Afghans forced to leave their country and flee to Europe there is no place called home, writes Ritu Mahendru...

24 Aug 2021 4 minute read

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Afghanistan – what can I do?

The question so many of us are asking. Vanessa Baird has a few suggestions.

12 Jul 2018 3 minute read

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And Finally: Steve McCurry

Famous for his portrait of the green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’, photographer Steve McCurry speaks to ...

30 Sep 2017 3 minute read

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Making Waves: Jamila Afghani

Afghan women’s rights campaigner Jamila Afghani talks to Beena Nadeem.

26 May 2017 4 minute read

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Turning dictatorships into democracies: Lessons from Gandhi

Nurturing the authority of an approved centralized, omnipresent government can exacerbate instability through mistrust and...

1 Mar 2017 4 minute read

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Mixed Media: Book reviews

Under the Almond Tree by Laura McVeigh; Position Doubtful by Kim Mahood; Radicalized...

1 Sep 2016 3 minute read

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Making Waves: Sakena Yacoobi

Veronique Mistiaen meets Afghanistan’s ‘mother of education’, who for more than two decades has been...

1 Sep 2016 4 minute read

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Yezidi refugees: stranded sisterhood unites to draw strength through adversity

Thousands of Yezidi women and children remain hostages of Islamic State. Maria Serrano reports.

1 Jun 2016 1 minute read

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Southern Exposure: Imal Hashimi

Smoke and ash in Afghanistan.

6 Apr 2016 1 minute read

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Afghanistan Memory Box

A victim-led exhibition of those who have suffered nearly 40 years of uninterrupted conflict, by AHRDO.

9 Dec 2015 6 minute read

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‘I want my story to be heard’

Hakim Young meets Khalid Ahmad, who survived the US bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan. ...

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