Jul 31, 2016
Reuters, Thursday, 30 June 2016 The number of Afghans voluntarily returning from Pakistan has plummeted this year * Pakistan has world’s second largest refugee population * Just 6,000 Afghans returned home this year, vs 58,211 in 2015 * Afghanistan says working...
Jun 21, 2016
FILE – Afghan Taliban fighters are shown Nov. 3, 2015. The U.S. and Afghanistan accuse Pakistan of providing a safe haven to the Afghan Taliban. When Afghan President Ashraf Ghani took over in late 2014 and talk of peace and reconciliation with the Taliban...
May 31, 2016
thediplomat.com, By Akanksha Narain, May 26, 2016, 4 min read, original “India cannot be a spectator as chaos ensues in Afghanistan, for it will not be safe from the spillover.” U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to halt the further withdrawal of U.S. troops from...
Jan 13, 2013
While Obama announces troop reductions from Afghanistan and opponents in the west call for either a faster withdrawal or for staying the course, most Afghans are divided on the issue but fear the removal of international soldiers and bases. In the house where I stay I...
May 8, 2012
[Ed. 7/21: The last names of Afghan filmmakers and images of those still in the country have been removed due to the increasing insecurity in Afghanistan.] Afghan civilians are asking for a responsible and sustained engagement by the international community that will...
