Aug 18, 2016
washingtonpost.com, by Melissa Etehad, Aug. 12, 2016 — The well-educated, 20-year-old woman did not want to leave Afghanistan, but she said she had no choice. After receiving death threats because of her work on women’s rights, she feared for her life and left...
Aug 16, 2016
wadsam.com, July 29, 2016 – Three experts on women empowerment and more than 60 journalists gathered at Feyzabad’s women’s centre to discuss the media’s role in women empowerment. The event was hosted by the Social Association of Journalists in North Afghanistan...
Aug 13, 2016
nationalinterest.org, Adam Gallagher, August 4, 2016 In recent months, Pakistan’s pernicious Afghan policy has come under heavy criticism in Washington. In testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad...
Aug 11, 2016
thenational.ae, July 25, 2016 Kabul — Civilian casualties in Afghanistan soared to a record high in the first half of 2016, the UN said on Monday. Children in particular are paying a heavy price for growing insecurity as the conflict escalates, said the UN...
Aug 8, 2016
hurstpublishers.com New Book: “A Rock Between Hard Places-Afghanistan as an Arena of Regional Insecurity” by Kristian Berg Harpviken And Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh What has driven neighboring states to intervene in the Afghan conflict? This book challenges...