Open Letter Asks UN to Investigate Pakistani Strikes in Afghanistan
Stop the airstrikes and artillery. Open an independent investigation under UN auspices, covering all attacks since the campaign began, including...
Pakistan Airstrikes Kill Civilians in Afghanistan, UN Confirms Casualties
Airstrikes carried out by Pakistani forces in Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province early on 21 September have killed at least three...
The anti-Taliban Satire of Ezatullah Zawab
Poetry as an Interrogation of Power By Ivan Pozzoni A Language That Refuses to Obey Ezatullah Zawab occupies a distinctive...
Rights Erode as Durand Line Tensions Escalate
A country that looks calm on the surface but is cracking underneath. Five years after the Taliban swept back into...
Displacement Fears Intensify in Noshki District
“We will not be driven from our homes and ancestral areas. Our graves may be made here, but we will...
The Long Beard, the Short Reason: Hasib Ahrari’s Satire Against Taliban Fundamentalism
Beard, prayer mat, rosary, sermon, clerical title and memorized Qur’anic verse are not isolated objects of ridicule. Each is a...
Pakistan’s Expulsion of Afghan Students Sparks Outrage
“We escaped one system that told us, ‘You cannot study because you are a woman.’ Now we are terrified that...
Kandahar’s Female Journalists Silenced by Work Bans
“Unemployment has created mental health problems for me. No one can support the family, and I have no way to...
Poetry, Knowledge, Historical Memory, and Taliban Violence in Abdullah Atefi
The Poem as a Site of Cultural Survival By Ivan Pozzoni Abdullah Atefi occupies a particularly revealing position in contemporary...
Pakistan Orders Afghan Medical Students to Return Home Amid Tensions
Pakistan’s deportation campaign has been widely criticized by humanitarian organizations, which warn that forced returns place vulnerable Afghans at risk...