Akbar believes Jaji is likely the first restaurant in California, as well as one of the first in the country, to serve contemporary Afghan cuisine. Most Afghan restaurants in the Bay Area serve ...

The modern Afghan restaurant Jaji opened in Jan. 2025 below the Kissel Uptown Oakland in Oakland, Calif. Pictured: braised lamb shank with mastawa. (Hardy Wilson) Jaji is the second endeavor from ...

When couple Paul Iglesias and Sophia Akbar decided to open the contemporary Afghan restaurant Jaji, it took some time to get the menu just right. Besides satisfying their own palates and tastes ...

When couple Paul Iglesias and Sophia Akbar decided to open the contemporary Afghan restaurant Jaji, it took some time to get the menu just right. Besides satisfying their own palates and tastes after ...

Afghan nationals who had worked with the United States or NATO forces were particularly fearful of reprisals from the Taliban. Promised resettlement in the US, many traveled to Pakistan to await ...

Released Afghan was a member of Taliban found guilty of narco-terrorism charges: U.S. DOJ records Ryan Corbett, NGO worker, detained in Afghanistan in 2022, among released Americans: family ...

In the 2010s, Blackpool Grime Media exploded, with rappers like Little T and Afghan Dan paving the way for performers in the North West of England to make a name for themselves. The pair of ...

Students that frequent the Dinkytown area have yet another option to satisfy their daily hunger in a new restaurant featuring a combination of Middle Eastern, Afghani and American cuisines. Da Afghan ...

A day-one order from President Donald Trump puts on pause the plans of Afghan allies who have been approved for resettlement in the U.S., a delay that advocates say could be the difference between ...