
Invisible classrooms: The secret fight for education in Afghanistan
By Maiwand Nazary* “Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it” – Hannah Arendt
By Maiwand Nazary* “Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it” – Hannah Arendt
By Rustam Seerat The water dispute between the Taliban and Iran over the Helmand River has recently escalated into a display of machismo and military
By Sayed Mohammad Firouzi Afghanistan has been one of the largest refugee-producing countries in the world for more than four decades. And, for three consecutive
By Rustam Seerat A leaked document detailing the Taliban’s budget for 2023-24 provides insight into the regime’s priorities. The budget shows that the Taliban are
By Dr. Mohammad Hossain Kholosi Almost two years have passed since the Taliban came to power. Despite the Taliban’s territorial control of Afghanistan, they have
By Zahra Nader After the first part of this opinion piece dealt with ethnic bigotry, this final part will discuss two related questions: Certainly this
By Zahra Nader For a long time, I wanted to write about the question of ethnicity and ethnic bigotry in Afghanistan. I was looking for
By Paiman Arman It is the dominant perception is that the Taliban did not win power by relying on its own abilities, competences and popular
*Photo of a demonstration in July 2016 in Kabul By Zahra Nader The prevailing perception in Afghanistan is that politics is a masculine realm and
By Paiman Arman Taliban policies on all matters, including towards women, is derived from Islamic sharia or at least from their interpretation of sharia