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The shocking case of child marriage was reported in Afghanistan's Helmand province, but Taliban is yet to charge either the ...
Two nonprofit organizations have come together to help American veterans accompany Afghans who served alongside Americans in wartime in immigration court.
The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two top Taliban leaders. The court accuses them of ...
The Zero Units served alongside Americans, helping them fight, then evacuate. Now, they face uncertainty as they begin their ...
As a succession of generals before Asim Munir learned, cooptation of Pakistani jihadism is a dangerous—and mostly short-lived ...
Occurring frequently across southern and eastern Afghanistan's rural Pashtun belt and with ethnic Tajiks in the northern Afghan countryside, bacha bazi has become a shockingly common practice.
In 2002, the deputy police chief of Zabul, a southern province that was once a Taliban stronghold, sent 2,000 young Pashtun men to Kabul to join the Afghan national army.
It was the first time that Afghan politicians, athletes, artists, religious figures, army personnel, men, and women came together to honour the political struggle of a young Pashtun non-violence ...
Prominent Pashtun activist critical of Pakistan army allegedly ‘abducted’ Manzoor Pashteen is missing a day after he was arrested for addressing a protest demanding free cross-border movement ...
While women might not be immediately visible, men, both young and old, are seen toiling in the apple orchards. Young boys play cricket on the winding roads while girls wearing headscarves hide behind ...
Embroidery is a common practice for household textiles by women artisans in Afghanistan. Among the various forms of embroidery, khamak is one of the most distinguished and intricate ones. Khamak ...