The women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan is an ongoing humanitarian calamity

What’s happening in Afghanistan is not simply gender discrimination; rather, it’s pushing an entire gender out of public ...
The Diplomat

Afghanistan and the Long Shadow of Bagram

I grew up not far from Bagram Airfield, which is located about 60 kilometers north of my childhood home in Kabul. Yet despite that, and the years I spent reporting on the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan, ...
The New York Times

An ‘Economic Storm’ of Crises Is Battering Afghanistan

Afghanistan was on a timid recovery path. But four years after the Taliban retook power, it has been badly hit by aid cuts and an inflow of two million Afghans forced out of Iran and Pakistan.
Human Rights Watch

Afghanistan: Taliban Trample Media Freedom

The Taliban have gutted Afghan media since taking control of the country in August 2021 through the use of surveillance and censorship and by punishing media workers for perceived criticism. As the ...
The New York Times

In Afghanistan, a Trail of Hunger and Death Behind U.S. Aid Cuts

Since the Trump administration slashed foreign aid to Afghanistan a year ago, child malnutrition has risen to levels not seen in 25 years. Two recent deadly earthquakes have killed thousands. Some 2.8 ...