May 2, 2022
The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project Afghanistan (ACLED) reported that the rate of violence against women and civilians has surged in Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate denied the report. Source: Data Project Reports Surge in Violence Against Civilians,...
Apr 29, 2022
On August 2nd Rahmat Jafari, editor of three of The Fruit of Our Labor films, contacted me. He asked about new US Congressional legislation that I had also just heard about in the news. The US Congress passed special legislation to allow US media organizations...
Apr 25, 2022
When Heela came out tops in her 9th grade school grades last year, the 14-year-old girl ran home full of excitement, bursting to tell her family the happy news. … Now, almost eight months into the Taliban take-over, which dramatically changed education for...
Apr 19, 2022
Yalda, the daughter of my Afghan colleague Jawad, sent me the following message. It is so disheartening. We have made no progress, and have few options, for helping the family escape from Afghanistan. Dear Uncle Michael, I always pray for you and your family that you...
Apr 19, 2022
Some Afghan women are quietly pushing to keep professional and personal freedoms under Taliban rule. Source: Where taking the wheel is a protest, The New Humanitarian, by Sara Perria, April 19,...
