Profile in courage: He defied the advancing Taliban, and paid with his life

Aug 14, 2021

As Taliban insurgents sweep across Afghanistan, the assassination of a defiant district governor is a case study in loss. Source: Profile in courage: He defied the advancing Taliban, and paid with his...

ON AFGHANISTAN | ‘Violence starts at home’: the Afghan women tackling domestic abuse at its source

Feb 1, 2021

A new women-led initiative in Afghanistan is working to break down the barriers to help both victims and perpetrators Source: The Guardian, Stefanie Glinski in Kabul, 1/29/21 ‘Violence starts at home’: the Afghan women tackling domestic abuse at its...

ON AFGHANISTAN | Despite the ‘peace process’, Afghanistan’s anguish endures

Jun 3, 2020

US engagement has helped Trump but done little for Afghan civilians, as the brutal attack on a maternity hospital shows, says analyst Kate Clark […] Source: The Guardian Newspaper, Opinion, Despite the ‘peace process’, Afghanistan’s anguish...

AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: Private War: Erik Prince Has His Eye On Afghanistan’s Rare Metals

Dec 13, 2017

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.”...

AFGHANISTAN NEWS AND VIEWS: U.S. airstrikes rise sharply in Afghanistan — and so do civilian deaths

Dec 11, 2017

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...