Open Letter Asks UN to Investigate Pakistani Strikes in Afghanistan
Stop the airstrikes and artillery. Open an independent investigation under UN auspices, covering all attacks since the campaign began, including...
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The anti-Taliban Satire of Ezatullah Zawab
Poetry as an Interrogation of Power By Ivan Pozzoni A Language That Refuses to Obey Ezatullah Zawab occupies a distinctive...
Rights Erode as Durand Line Tensions Escalate
A country that looks calm on the surface but is cracking underneath. Five years after the Taliban swept back into...
Displacement Fears Intensify in Noshki District
“We will not be driven from our homes and ancestral areas. Our graves may be made here, but we will...
The Long Beard, the Short Reason: Hasib Ahrari’s Satire Against Taliban Fundamentalism
Beard, prayer mat, rosary, sermon, clerical title and memorized Qur’anic verse are not isolated objects of ridicule. Each is a...
Pakistan’s Expulsion of Afghan Students Sparks Outrage
“We escaped one system that told us, ‘You cannot study because you are a woman.’ Now we are terrified that...
Poetry, Knowledge, Historical Memory, and Taliban Violence in Abdullah Atefi
The Poem as a Site of Cultural Survival By Ivan Pozzoni Abdullah Atefi occupies a particularly revealing position in contemporary...
Pashteen Slams Maryam Nawaz for Calling KP and Balochistan a Threat
By Kadeem Baloch Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s recent claim that Punjab faces greater security threats from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP),...
Naghma in Fremont: Aisha Wahab’s Win Belongs to Afghan Women
Diaspora communities should use the opportunities available in their countries of residence and support one another. By Kazim Jafari In a...
Afghan Women, Heroes Without Rights
By Sayed Sadullah Sadat Afghan women have long been the silent backbone of their nation, enduring decades of war, political...
