Nov 15, 2016
In these post-election days of angst, confusion and uncertainty, I’m clear about one issue. Our news networks do not report from the local perspective, they are centralized and disconnected. That there is so much news and so little understanding of the concerns and...
Nov 11, 2016
Strain of new arrivals adds to government’s challenges Source: Afghanistan May Have to Accommodate 1.5 Million Refugees in...
Oct 11, 2016
Afghanistan is the only country in the world where the rate of female suicide is higher than that of men, and in the province of Herat almost 100 women a year burn themselves alive. Yanet Medina Navarro The olive eyes of Shaista peep between the...
Oct 4, 2016
NEWS AFGHANISTAN: 29 SEPTEMBER 2016 Afghanistan: Ghani, Hekmatyar sign peace deal President Ghani inks deal with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in first peace treaty since the war with the Taliban began in 2001. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has formalised a peace treaty with...
Sep 27, 2016
Maeva Bambuck and Sedika Mojadidi in Mazar-i-Sharif Wednesday 4 November 2015 05.32 EST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/04/afghanistan-imams-defy-taliban-spread-contraception-condoms The imams, the Taliban and the condoms – video by Maeva...
