By Aram Roston, December 7, 2017, for BuzzFeed News Controversial private security tycoon Erik Prince has famously pitched an audacious plan to the Trump administration: Hire him to privatize the war in Afghanistan using squads of “security contractors.”...
By Shashank Bengali, December 4, 2017, for The LA Times As U.S. warplanes flew above a cluster of villages where Islamic State militants were holed up in eastern Afghanistan, 11 people piled into a truck and drove off along an empty dirt track to escape what they...
Gender-based violence is pervasive in Afghanistan, but activists see a change in the wind. By Tadamichi Yamamoto, December 4, 2017, for The Diplomat Gender-based violence in Afghanistan can take myriad, often less-than-subtle forms, particularly in the most remote...
Report from the Asia Foundation, November 14, 2017 The 2017 Survey of the Afghan People polled 10,012 Afghan respondents from 16 ethnic groups across all 34 provinces, including insecure and physically challenging environments. The annual survey is the longest-running...
By Larisa Epatko, November 17, 2017, for PBS Murals are popping up in and around Kabul, aimed at getting people to think about what’s possible. ArtLords, based in the Afghan capital, grew from a small group of artists and volunteers who wanted to share — in vivid...
