The Rise of the Afghan Diaspora as a Political Powerhouse
By Kazim Jafari As the space for dissent vanishes within Afghanistan's borders, the streets of Berlin are becoming the unlikely front...
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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...
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...
Afghan Diaspora Keeps Girls Learning Online Despite Taliban Ban
By Ali Ahmad I first met Zahra Hashimi through her activism for women’s rights and media initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. In...
Diaspora and more: Civil society engagement of Afghan and Syrian communities in Germany
By Karoline Popp and Dr. Nils Friedrichs 1 Background 1.1 The Afghan and Syrian diaspora in Germany At the end of 2024,...
Afghan Taliban Takes Conscious Steps to Reduce Reliance on Unreliable Pakistan
By A. Shafaq Iran's Chabahar Port, nestled strategically in the southeast region, stands poised to receive a substantial injection of...
Afghan Woman in Diaspora Launches Online School for Girls Denied Education by the Taliban
By Ali Ahmad People in Afghanistan often echo inventor and scientist Alexander Graham Bell’s famous statement “If one door closes,...
Afghan Diaspora to Establish Online University in Europe
By Ali Ahmad In a first organized response to the Taliban ban on education, the Afghan diaspora academics in Europe...
