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 Sune Engel Rasmussen, November 16, 2017, for The Guardian With the country’s opium production rising by 87% on last year, a former US base in Helmand is now a drug abuse treatment centre For a decade, the office of the British Provincial Reconstruction Team in...
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...
By Ryan Browne, November 9th, 2017, for CNN The commander of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, US Army Gen. John Nicholson, said Thursday that Pakistan had not changed its behavior since President Donald Trump announced his new policy for Afghanistan and the...
