Blood, sweat and tears as activists protest against Taliban
As the US opens a dialogue aimed at ending the 17-year Taliban conflict, peace marchers are putting pressure on Pakistan to stop backing insurgents
The return of Abdul Rashid Dostum
Afghan Vice-President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum arrived in Kabul last Sunday, after weeks of widespread protests in the country’s north, his traditional bastion, demanding that the government allow the self-exiled leader to return. Gen. Dostum, an ethnic Uzbek veteran of […]
Return of exiled Afghan vice president divides country
Supporters have hailed his comeback but others are dismayed by a lack of justice
ISIS claims suicide bombing targeting returning Afghan vice president
Abdul Rashid Dostum narrowly escaped the attack that left 14 dead
Controversial Afghan vice president to be officially welcomed back from exile
Accusations that Abdul Rashid Dostum ordered the rape of a former ally are unresolved
In search of peace as casualties surge
As civilian deaths in the Afghan conflict touch record figures, international stakeholders, especially the U.S., have been forced to consider different options to find an end to the 17-year-long war. A report released last week by the UN Assistant Mission […]
Afghan civilian deaths reach new high in 2018
UN figures for first six months show ISIS becoming a greater threat
A blow to the last vestiges of pluralism
For many within Afghanistan’s once-thriving Sikh and Hindu communities, the attack in Jalalabad city on July 1, claimed by the Islamic State (IS), came as a final blow to the plurality of the Afghan society. Fourteen of their compatriots were […]
Afghan attempt to rein in warlords faces backlash as violent protests spread
A growing Taliban insurgency isn’t the only challenge for the government of Ashraf Ghani, writes Ruchi Kumar in Kabul
The peace caravan marches on
It’s a warm afternoon in Kabul in June, and a group of Afghans, young and old, men, women and children, have congregated in the grounds close to one of the city’s largest mosques. The crowd has convened to hear a […]