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Published in: Home: FeatureBack to black: What Afghanistan’s new focus on coal tells usTaliban-ruled Afghanistan’s new golden age of coal reveals a country that is going back to old-fashioned ways
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTo end ‘hell on earth’ the US must free Afghanistan's $7bn reservesBiden must release Afghanistan’s foreign reserves to alleviate suffering, argues Ecuador’s ex-central bank director
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Published in: Home: OpinionRwanda: Why the UK needs to acknowledge its role in displacing peopleToday is World Refugee Day. War and climate change, both fuelled by the West, force millions to flee their homes
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Published in: Home: OpinionAssange extradition is just latest in UK’s crackdown on the free pressJournalism is under attack – yet MPs will line up on Tuesday to pay lip service to ‘World Press Freedom Day’
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureThe volunteers risking their lives to secretly educate Afghanistan’s girlsNine months on from the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, teenage girls remain deprived of their right to education
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWestern hypocrisy: What Joe Biden gets wrong about RussiaThose in the Middle East know the kind of destruction seen in Ukraine all too well – the West was the perpetrator
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe US has no right to take money that belongs to the Afghan peopleAs Afghans sell organs to buy food, the Biden administration announces it will allocate $7bn of seized Afghan assets...
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Published in: Home: OpinionIs ISIS headed for a third wave of violence?A recent attack on a prison in Syria and a massacre of Iraqi soldiers have left many fearing ISIS may soon resurface...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureWhile displaced Afghans starve, international help is nowhere to be foundWithdrawal of funding, logistical problems and fear of the Taliban mean that thousands of Afghans are enduring a...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Feature‘I had no hope left’: Ex-NATO contractor forced to walk across Afghan borderWhen the Taliban began door-to-door searches for NATO contractors, Moheeb was left with no choice but to attempt to...
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Published in: 50.50: Feature5 inspiring acts of feminist resistance in 2021Time to celebrate! Here’s how women have made a difference across the world this year
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureBeaten, begging and in hiding: Life for the Afghans the UK left behindIn August, thousands of people who worked for the UK in Afghanistan were left to the Taliban’s mercy. openDemocracy...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisWhile the West focused on Afghanistan, ISIS gained ground in Iraq and beyondFor jihadist groups, recruiting new adherents – primarily young men with few prospects – appears to be almost as...
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Published in: Home: OpinionAfghanistan’s looming financial collapse is little worry for the TalibanTwo key factors will ensure that the Kabul regime is here to stay – no matter how dire it gets for civilians
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureI travelled around Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. This is what I sawAs an Iranian woman, I understood the fear and oppression facing Afghan women. I had to tell their stories to the world
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: News99% of calls to UK’s Afghanistan evacuation helpline were never answeredExclusive: Home Office failed to answer almost three million calls, as Afghans fleeing Taliban say UK government...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureKunduz to Kandahar: two explosions, one wounded communityIn Afghanistan, attacks on Shia worshippers escalate, bringing further trauma to a fractured society
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: NewsUK tells trapped Afghan interpreters to escape on their ownMinistry of Defence criticised for ‘morally indefensible’ suggestion that former embassy workers should make...
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerHow journalists around the world are taking action to help Afghan colleaguesFrom Italy to India, media workers have launched new initiatives to support colleagues from Afghanistan since the...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureEscape from Kabul: a government official’s storyAn Afghan government official narrates the story of his escape from Kabul in the midst of the chaos surrounding the...
