Essay: Faces of those America is leaving behind in Afghanistan
In an article first published on The Conversation, BRIAN GLYN WILLIAMS, professor of Afghan history and former counter-terrorism tracker and military advisor, shares images he captured of the Afghan people during his journeys in the country…
Essay: The Taliban are megarich – here’s where they get the money they use to wage war in Afghanistan
HANIF SUFIZADA, an economic policy analyst at the Center for Afghanistan Studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha, looks at where the Taliban’s income comes from…
“Even survival is difficult”: Afghans fleeing upsurge in violence face cold welcome in Kabul
STEFANIE GLINSKI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports how, as violence increases in many parts of Afghanistan, people have flowed towards the capital of Kabul where they are confronting a harsh winter ahead without basic necessities…
Afghan women play “crucial” role in Taliban talks, says negotiator
Kabul, AfghanistanThomson Reuters Foundation Afghanistan’s “fragile gains” in women’s rights are at risk unless women play a key role in peace talks with the Taliban, one of the few female members of the government’s negotiating team has said. Lawmaker Fawzia Koofi, a vocal critic of the Taliban, is one of five women on the 21-member […]
IMMIGRATION: AS WINTER LOOMS, MIGRANT CHILDREN SLEEP ROUGH IN NORTHERN FRANCE
LIN TAYLOR, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on what life’s like for migrants in northern France, a year on from the closure of the ‘Jungle’ camp…