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A selection of articles in English

The Atlantic

The Tricksters of Afghanistan’s New Online-Dating Scene, August/September 2018 issue.

Los Angeles Times

Regional leaders are defying Afghanistan’s president. The latest is a police chief who was once a close U.S. ally, April 11, 2018.

As war’s toll grows in Kabul, the dead fight for space with the living, March 26, 2018.

After a bloody month in Afghanistan, demonstrators demand security reforms, July 3, 2017.

Cycle of violence continues in Afghanistan with bombing at funeral; at least 7 die, June 3, 2017.

Violence breaks out in Afghanistan’s capital during a protest about a deadly bombing, June 2, 2017.

90 reportedly killed and 400 wounded after car bomb goes off in Kabul, May 31, 2017.

Why Russia might be working with its Cold War enemy, the Taliban, April 10, 2017.

Al Jazeera English

Before Sanna Marin came Benazir Bhutto, December 26, 2019.

‘China is after us’: Uighurs in Pakistan report intimidation, January 14, 2019.

The Coffin makers of Kabul, October 10, 2017.

Muhammad Amin Karim: The role of HIG in Afghanistan, October 25, 2016.

Kabul: Who cleans up after a suicide blast? September 6, 2016.

Foreign Policy

The Walking Dead, December 12, 2017.

The Things They Carried: The Afghan Field Medic, July 24, 2017.

Longreads

The Reluctant Propagandist, August 27, 2019.

A Music So Beautiful the Birds Fell from the Trees, June 27, 2018.

The Oldest Restaurant in Kabul: Where Tradition Trumps Rockets, September 12, 2017.

VICE

This Afghan Cafe Was Forced to Ban Men. Now, It May Have to Close, February 2, 2018.

Facing Death Threats, Afghanistan’s First Female Conductor Plays On, June 16, 2017.

Kabul’s First Cinema for Women Is More Than Just a Place to Watch Movies, February 21, 2017.

The Christian Science Monitor

How a rugby union is helping young women get jobs and gain self-confidence, December 28, 2018.

In Pakistan, she sees the value in children who ‘are never seen or heard’, October 3, 2018.

Thanks to this Afghan woman, 6,000 imams have taken gender-sensitivity training, January 5, 2017.

A former street child in Afghanistan, now giving back where he found help,  April 14, 2016.

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