Reports of US troop pullout catches Afghans by surprise
Neither government nor the Taliban expected Washington to act on stated intention to withdraw, expert says
Imran Khan vows Afghan peace push as Pakistan takes lead role in Abu Dhabi talks
There appears to be a shift in Islamabad, which has long been accused of harbouring the Taliban
Indian Academics Confront the Threat of Nationalistic Pseudoscience
N 1920, Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician, succumbed to what was probably amoebic dysentery at the age of 32. But even though his lifespan was short, Ramanujan’s work continues to influence mathematics today — from number theory and infinite series to continued fractions […]
The Day I Set Myself On Fire
I paid your father the bride price for you, so you have to sleep with me whenever I want,” my husband, Karim, who was several decades older than me, told me when I refused to have sex with him. Perhaps […]
Afghan election body invalidates vote in capital
In a shocking decision that took candidates and voters by surprise, a body charged with organising and managing Afghanistan’s election said on Thursday that fraud and mismanagement had rendered invalid the votes cast in the capital Kabul, during last October’s […]
Afghanistan’s battle against warlords
Kabul was brought to a virtual standstill last week after protests broke out in the western parts of the city over the arrest of Abdul Ghani Alipoor, a Hazara militia commander. He was arrested on charges of operating illegal armed […]
Kabul protesters return to the streets – to clean them
Afghans regularly take to the streets of Kabul to vent their anger but this week the capital witnessed a rare spectacle: protesters helping to clear up the mess they created. Hundreds of Shiite Hazaras demonstrated for two days in western […]
Taliban bomb rocks Kabul as Ghani announces peace team
A Taliban bomb attack that targeted a British security firm in Kabul left at least 10 people dead and 19 wounded on Wednesday as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani told a UN-sponsored conference of plans to seek a peace agreement with […]
Afghanistan frees Hazara militia leader after protests
Afghan authorities released a popular militia commander from the Hazara Shiite community on Monday after two days of protests sparked by his arrest. Abdul Ghani Alipoor’s release was announced by the office of Second Vice President Sarwar Danish, who is […]
Hazara Shias of Ghazni come under siege
Afghanistan’s Ghazni province is once again under fire. The Taliban, despite being in talks with several international stakeholders to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, laid siege earlier this month to Jaghori and Malistan, two relatively safer districts, forcing […]