Skip to content
  • Home
  • About Ruchi Kumar
Follow

Ruchi Kumar

Stories from South Asia

Primary Menu
  • Home
  • About Ruchi Kumar
  • Home
  • About Ruchi Kumar
  • Home
  • Afghanistan
  • Features

Features

#Afghanistan#Children#Conflict#Education#Features#Kandahar#Taliban Siege 2021

Against the odds: these Afghan bikers are promoting girls’ education

14/12/202115/06/2022

It was a chilly Friday afternoon when an extended roar of more than two dozen motorbikes pierced the silence in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province. To an outsider, the sudden invasion earlier this month by a large group of men on […]

#Afghanistan#Features#Latest#Music#Taliban#Taliban Siege 2021#Technology

Can Afghanistan’s underground “sneakernet” survive the Taliban?

26/11/202115/06/2022

When Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August, Mohammad Yasin had to make some difficult decisions very quickly. As the country reeled from the shock of the insurgent takeover, the 21-year-old—whose name has been changed to protect his safety—snuck into […]

#Afghanistan#Climate Change#Conflict#Features#Latest#Taliban#Women

In Afghanistan, Climate Change Drives an Uptick in Child Marriage

17/11/202115/06/2022

IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, Rabia and her two young daughters were forced to leave their home in northern Afghanistan. While facing the threat of increased violence, their village was also in the midst of a severe drought that strained the […]

#Afghanistan#Conflict#Evacuations#Features#Taliban#Taliban Siege 2021

How the US failed evacuation efforts in Afghanistan

19/10/202115/06/2022

As the Taliban marched into Kabul on August 15, Zarifa*, a 32-year-old Afghan lawyer, knew she had to make some difficult decisions, fast. She faced threats from the insurgent group for her work in protecting women’s legal rights, and risked […]

#Afghanistan#Conflict#Coronavirus#Features#Kabul#Latest#Mental Health#Taliban#Taliban Siege 2021

What I Learned as a Health Care Reporter in Afghanistan

29/09/202115/06/2022

YEARS BEFORE BECOMING a journalist, I learned about Afghanistan as a child growing up in Mumbai. Afghanistan holds a significant place in Indian history and mythology, and in school, I learned about places like the ancient region of Gandhara — located […]

#Afghanistan#Assassinations#Conflict#Features#ISIS#Journalism#Taliban#Taliban Siege 2021

Afghan journalists facing an impossible choice under the Taliban

24/08/202129/03/2022

For five days after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban insurgency, Mariam (not her real name) didn’t leave her house. As a professional athlete, this was very unusual. However, 23-year-old Mariam is also one of the city’s up and […]

#Afghan Food#Afghanistan#Features#Food#Herat#Latest#Profile

Can Good Saffron Change Lives? Mohammad Salehi Thinks So.

22/06/202123/06/2021

It is a warm spring afternoon in Herat Province in western Afghanistan. The winter was unseasonably short, and Mohammad Salehi is concerned that might have affected the sun-loving crops. Salehi closely inspects each deep-orange strand in the palm of his hand. […]

#Afghanistan#Assassinations#Conflict#Features#ISIS#Taliban#Women

‘Didn’t want to be one of the bodies’: Rising violence is forcing Afghan women to quit media

23/03/202123/06/2021

Last year, at only 21 years, Sofiea Sakhi Karimi was forced to retire from her brief but celebrated career in the Afghan media owing to growing threats and violence against media workers in her country. “Working in Afghanistan as a […]

#Afghanistan#Children#Conflict#Features#Kabul#Peace Process

What It’s Like to Meet Your Family’s Killer

12/03/202123/06/2021

Ahmad Wali Rashidi was five-year-old when he lost his left leg to a rocket attack on his house in Kabul. “I remember hearing a zooming sound, Rashidi,now 29, told VICE World News.“When I turned my head, I saw a green metal […]

#Afghanistan#Amrullah Saleh#Features#Films#Kabul#Latest

Kabul’s Lost Cinemas

07/01/202125/04/2021

At first glance, the decrepit building hardly registers as a historic structure. The peach paint on the exteriors has cracked with age. The concrete patterns on the walls have long crumbled; all that remains is covered in grime. Set in […]

Older Posts
Copyright Ruchi Kumar © All rights reserved. Theme: Minimal Lite by Thememattic
Scroll