Photo: Bethany Matta/IRIN The inpatient department for women who have just given birth at the public Ahmed Shah Baba Hospital in Kabul KABUL, 2 July...
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Afghanistan: How to Oversee Aid in Uncertain Times
From the U.S. Institute of Peace blog The Olive Branch. You can view this post on the USIP web site here. June 23, 2014 By Colin Cookman Last...
Afghanistan: Beyond Elections — What Is Required For Real Democracy In Afghanistan?
Despite a substantial level of anticipation in the first round of Afghanistan's presidential election, the authors argue that much more needs to be...
Afghanistan: “Pakistan: Worse Than We Knew”
Book Review by Ahmed Rashid, JUNE 5, 2014 The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001–2014, by Carlotta Gall, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 329 pp.,...
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Fragile Gains for Women
southasia.foreignpolicy.com, May 9, 2014 Parnian Nazary, a representative of Women for Afghan Women, a grassroots civil society organization,...
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Insurgency after the Transition
International Crisis Group Report Asia Report N°25612 May 2014 The Executive Summary is also available in Dari. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND...
Afghanistan: Afghan Elections Through a Gender Lens
From: Network for Afghan Women LISTSERV <info@funders-afghan-women.org> Watch "Afghan Elections Through a Gender Lens." Recorded last week at...
Afghanistan: Afghanistan’s Next Generation Mobilizes
By Viola Gienger The pivotal presidential elections in Afghanistan next April will rest more than ever before on a new generation, as the...
Afghanistan: Lost In Time: Groovy Afghanistan
A cautionary tale of a vibrant and thriving culture lost in time, these photographs collected on a community Facebook page in Afghanistan are likely...
Media, Afghanistan: Do Not Trust my Silence
Watch this short documentary film about street harassment in Afghanistan by Sahar Fetrat! "When I first joined the Afghan Voice's media training, I...
Media, Afghanistan: Half Value Life
Check out this award-winning, Afghanistan-made full length documentary film produced by Alka Sadat! Synopsis: A Girl listening to the radio...
Afghanistan: Education in Afghanistan – from the local perspective
By Shelly Kittleson, IPS News Service Students at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Credit: Shelly Kittleson/IPS KABUL, Jun 26 2013...