Despite the dangers and the restrictions, ad hoc charities are springing up to ensure local communities have the support they need.
ON AFGHANISTAN | Meet the Afghans determined to give women and girls an education
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ON AFGHANISTAN | Don’t forget Afghan refugees in Pakistan flood response
By building an inclusive disaster response, Pakistan’s government has the chance to finally do right by its large Afghan refugee population.
ON AFGHANISTAN, ON DEVELOPMENT | Unfreeze Afghan assets or more hungry children may die
With international monitoring and more trust in Afghanistan’s central bank, t
ON AFGHANISTAN | UN expert decries ‘systematic’ attacks on Afghan Shia groups
UN expert warns attacks against Hazaras, other Shia Muslims in Afghanistan bear ‘hallmarks of international crimes’.
ON AFGHANITAN | Far From Home
Eight stories of Afghan woman who fled Afghanistan one year ago and are building new lives, from the beaches of Florida to the suburbs of Dublin.
ON AFGHANISTAN, ON THE MEDIA | Afghan female journalists are still reporting the news
The remaining female journalists in Afghanistan have one thing in common: They love their work, and feel it is more vital than ever.
Meet the Makers – Afghanistan: The Wounded Land – from WGBH-The World Channel
Join the filmmakers of #AfghanistanWoundedLand and thought leaders for a #MeetTheMakers
event to discuss how Afghan women continue to fight for their freedom, peace and democracy.
ON AFGHANISTAN | Reporter’s Diary: The year the Taliban returned
After a tumultuous year, Afghans are living a new normal marked by quiet acts of defiance.
Even if they don’t have guns, the Afghan people will find a way to stand against tyranny and abuse, by any means possible, even if that only means walking on the streets and showing your presence to a group that locked them up through violence, war, and intimidation.
ON AFGHANISTAN, ON DEVELOPMENT | Afghanistan: ‘38 million people are suffering because a few hundred are in power’
A year after the Taliban took power, humanitarian needs are rising even as foreign aid has dried up.
During the former Islamic Republic, foreign aid grants funded 75 percent of public spending. Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the United States has provided $775 million in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, but the UN says at least $4.4 billion is needed to address the emergency needs of more than 24 million Afghans – 60 percent of the population.
ON AFGHANISTAN, ON MIGRATION | One year on, few options for Afghans escaping hunger and Taliban persecution
From mass deportation to unkept relocation pledges, both neighboring and Western countries have turned their backs on at-risk and displaced Afghans.
ON AFGHANISTAN | Meet the Taliban’s Would-Be Rainmaker
Hassib Habibi carries his convictions as easily as his AK-47. Now he has to resuscitate the Afghan economy as the 31-year-old deputy director of economic cooperation at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
ON AFGHANISTAN, ON DEVELOPMENT | Do Targeted Killings Weaken Terrorist Groups?
The war on terrorism will not be won with targeted strikes on leadership. That will require political and economic reforms to address popular grievances and create more responsive governance in Muslim-majority countries.