Afghan Women Mobilize in Urgent Campaign to Protect Detained Activist
"Those who defend the rights of Afghan women must not be abandoned when they need protection themselves." An urgent appeal...
Pakistan’s Proxy War Returns to Nuristan
Whether recruitment is conducted by opposition groups, criminal networks, or regional proxies, the underlying mechanism remains the same: economic hardship...
Muzhda Uzbek and the Criminalization of Dissent in the Taliban Emirate
The Word as an Offense: From Poetry to Political Surveillance By Ivan Pozzoni The arrest of Muzhda Uzbek, a poet...
Taliban in Control, but Afghanistan Remains Far from Stable
By Kazim Jafari Five years after the Taliban returned to power, Afghanistan's rulers face no immediate threat to their authority. Yet...
Afghan Refugees Fear Arrest and Deportation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
By Dawood Jabarkhail As Pakistan's federal government tightens its grip on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following the imposition of emergency rule and...
A Language Beyond Borders: From Rabia Balkhi to Afghan Women Today
Persian is more than a language. It is a living cultural space that continues to connect people across borders and...
The Archive of the Dispersed: Layla Sarahat Rushani and the Poetry Against the Politics of Oblivion
The Word as an Artifact: Exile and the Right to Memory By Ivan Pozzoni The poetry of Layla Sarahat Rushani...
Oxford Scholarship Reflects Growing Role of Afghan Diaspora in Women’s Education
While the scholarship is a personal gift, its significance reaches beyond one individual. It reflects a broader trend within the...
Pakistan’s Water Diplomacy: Treaty Rules for India, Silence on Afghanistan’s Rivers
From the Indus Waters Treaty to Afghanistan’s rivers, Pakistan’s contradictory positions expose the political motivations behind its diplomatic campaign. By...
Sayed Alam Hashimi: Poetry Under Interrogation: Memory, Dissent, and the Suppression of the Word in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
The Poet as a Political Problem: Documented Biography and the Construction of Dissent By Ivan Pozzoni What renders a poet...