Inside the Afghan Diaspora’s Push for Aid and Recovery
By Ali Ahmad This article examines one of the most active forms of emergency aid: the Afghan diaspora-led mobilization, whose...
A Province in Darkness: Enforced Disappearances Surge as Fear Deepens in Balochistan
By Kadeem Baloch The latest reports emerging from Pakistan's Balochistan paint a landscape of dread, where the routine rhythms of...
Yalda in Exile: When Culture Refuses to Be Silenced
On the longest night of the year, when darkness reaches its peak and light quietly begins its return, Afghans in...
Afghan Journalists Under Threat in Pakistan
The Afghanistan Media Support Organization (AMSO) has held a protest march in Paris in response to the deteriorating and increasingly dangerous situation...
Afghan Musician Farhad Darya: “Afghanistan’s History Is Mostly Lies”
By Kazim Jafari Farhad Darya is one of Afghanistan’s best-known musicians, whose songs have accompanied several generations through war, displacement, and...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Descent into Fear: Pakistan’s HRCP Sounds Alarm on Distressing Security and Rights Crisis
By Rahmatullah Achakzai The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has once again forced the country to confront a grim...
Afghan Refugees Under Siege in Pakistan
By Shinwari Forced returns push families into uncertainty, with women and children bearing the brunt of the humanitarian fallout. Pakistan...
Afghan Diaspora Steps In Where Aid Falls Short
When four earthquakes struck Herat province in October 2023, killing more than 2,000 people and destroying tens of thousands of...
The Afghan Barista Who Conquers Vienna’s Coffee Rituals One Cup at a Time
Afghan diaspora entrepreneurship is often spoken of in broad, often reductive, strokes-resilience, adaptation, cultural blending. But few personal stories illustrate...
Escalating Clashes Along the Durand Line Signal Deepening Crisis
By SS Ahmad Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have flared again on the 5th of December in a dramatic exchange of...